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. ...
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Demand for specialty biocides in the U.S. is forecast to rise 4.0 percent per year to $3.9 billion in 2018. In volume terms, demand is expected to increase 1.0 percent annually to 1.5 billion pounds over the same period. “A strong ...
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US demand for solvents is expected to increase at a 1.5 percent annual pace through 2018 to 11 billion pounds, driven by a robust recovery in construction spending along with a continued rebound in manufacturing output. Strength in both ...
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Nipsea Group won an auction held in Shanghai to become the majority shareholder of Guangzhou Supe Chemical Co. Ltd, a company whose wide range of industrial floor coatings and innovative technologies will help Nipsea further boost its ...
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Novomer Inc., a sustainable materials company pioneering a family of high-performance polymers and other chemicals from renewable feedstocks such as carbon dioxide (CO2), recently announced a major new application of its catalytic ...
Tags: Coatings Market, Paint
A new 142-page report from Venture Planning Group provides analysis of the global paint and coatings market outlook, as well as supplier strategies, marketing tactics, and technological know-how. The report presents a worldwide strategic ...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Competitive Intelligence: Global Paint and Coatings Market Outlook and Leading Supplier Strategies, Marketing Tactics, and Technological Know-How" report to their offering. ...
A new 142-page report from Venture Planning Group provides analysis of the global paint and coatings market outlook, as well assupplier strategies, marketing tactics, and technological know-how. The report presents a worldwide strategic ...
Tags: Paint, Coatings Market, Strategies, Marketing Tactics
According to a new study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, in 2011 U.S. consumption of coatings is projected to be 1.4 billion gallons, containing 7.8 billion pounds of solids, worth $23 billion. The industry saw its ...
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IRL has released the first edition of"A Profile of the Mexican Paint Industry."In the past,IRL had only released paint market data for Mexico as part of its regional study"A Profile of the Central American and Caribbean Paint Industries." ...
Evonik recently celebrated 50 years of making isophorone chemicals. The first plant for isophorone production commenced operation at the Herne site of Hibernia, as a predecessor company of Evonik Industries in 1962. Discovered as a ...
The Sherwin-Williams Company announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V., a leader in the paint and coatings market in Mexico with headquarters in Mexico City. Sherwin-Williams will pay ...
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The mushrooming of housing complexes, office buildings and shopping malls in Kenya and Tanzania has escalated the need for decorative paint and coatings in these countries, according to new study from Frost and Sullivan. The new study, ...
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BASF inaugurated its new dispersions plant in Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou, China. The new plant will produce styrene butadiene (XSB) dispersions and styrene acrylic (SA) dispersions. XSB dispersions are mainly used as ...
Global demand for emulsion polymers is forecast to rise 5.1 percent per year to 13.3 million metric tons(dry basis)in 2016 the Freedonia Group said.Advances will be fueled by increased production of water-based paint,coatings,and ...
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