Based on a report released by the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, the total powder coatings output of the top 30 producers in China is 441.5 thousand tons in 2014, which is less than one third of total powder coatings ...
Tags: Powder Coatings, Coatings
BASF has extended its range of high-quality bio-based polyols sold under the Sovermol trademark. The products are used for manufacturing extremely low-emission 2K PU coatings for interior and exterior applications. With Sovermol 830 BASF is ...
The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...
Tags: biomaterials, coatings
Highest durability levels, outstanding coloristics and excellent processability in both, water- and solvent-based systems: Suppliers of automotive coatings have high expectations when it comes to pigments. BASF aims to meet the requirements ...
Tags: Automotive Coatings, Pigment
Costs - related to areas like more efficient manufacturing processes, applications, use of energy and logistics – were a major focus of attention at the European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany, in April. The three-day ...
Based on the information released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, we can see that China’s coatings market in 2014 grew by around eight percent last year over 2013. And the fact that China’s architectural coatings ...
BASF will expand its capacity for the production of Paliocrom® effect pigments by more than 20 percent by 2017 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The investment will enable the company to accommodate for the growing demand of its aluminum-based ...
Tags: BASF, Paliocrom Products, pigments
For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
The likelihood of tighter European Union regulations on air emissions being imposed on the European coatings and other industries has been receding as the EU gives top priority to economic growth at a time when many of the region’s ...
Tags: IAQ labelling system, volatile organic compounds, Construction
The dispersions segment is continuing to be one of the most active in the European coatings sector in the development of new technologies as well as investing in mergers and acquisitions and expansions in production capacity. Demand for ...
Tags: Dispersions, coatings sector
Sustainability has been a concept which regional and national trade associations in Europe has been encouraging coatings producers and their suppliers to adopt to ensure that the coatings sector move in a more environmentally friendly ...
Tags: Marine coatings, coatings
For the European coatings industry, REACH, the seven-year-old European Union's legislation on the registration, evaluation and authorization of industrial chemicals, has been posing major difficulties. However the Biocidal Products ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
Powder coatings is currently one of the strongest growth sectors in the European coating market. But powder coatings producers and other players in its supply chain will have to continue to be highly innovative to maintain the momentum, ...
Tags: powder coatings, Coatings Market
European coatings companies have been hoping that this year would bring a revival in their domestic markets as the European Union economies, particularly those in the eurozone, started to show signs of recovery around mid-2013. But the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
Europe is emerging as a world center for the development of coatings and other materials for offshore wind turbines, which potentially could be a much more cost-competitive and efficient source of renewable energy than their onshore ...
Tags: Coatings, Wind Turbines