PPG Industries recently held a ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new automotive coatings development and application center in Tianjin, China. This facility is the first of its kind locally, and it will focus on the development of ...
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PITTSBURGH, April 11, 2013 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Deft Incorporated, a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, Calif. ...
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Evonik Industries has developed a new product range of polyester resins for coil coating primers and topcoats to market maturity under the established Dynapol brand. Dynapol Terra is based on renewable raw materials, which sets it apart ...
BASF now supplies coatings for the mobile crane manufacturer Terex Cranes at its plant in Zweibrücken, Germany. The use of ultra high solids coatings – solventborne coatings with a higher solids content and low volatile organic ...
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On the face of it the outlook in Europe for OEM automobile coatings looks grim at the moment. The region is estimated to have a 20 percent overcapacity in car manufacturing so that plant closures are seen to be sooner or later ...
PPG Automotive Refinish has announced the availability of its new DPLV 2.1 VOC-compliant series of epoxy primers. The multipurpose primers build on the success of the DPLF primers and take them to a more technologically advanced and ...
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Hempel launched two new intumescent coatings for passive protection of steel structures in cellulosic fires.With the introduction of the new coatings,Hempel can now offer customers a full package coating solution for protecting ...
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Special-effect coatings by PPG Industries’(NYSE:PPG)aerospace coatings group enabled Virgin Atlantic Airways to have the unique reflectivity and bright,vibrant color the airline’s design and engineering teams wanted for its new ...
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The mature European automotive paint additives market is being driven mainly by new technology and product innovation.Sizeable R&D investments are aimed at developing competitively priced,high performance additives that meet legislative ...
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Marcraft Apparel Group has signed a licensing agreement with Lanier Clothes;a division of Oxford Industries Inc.Lanier Clothes is the exclusive licensee for Kenneth Cole tailored apparel in the United States. Marcraft will design and ...
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Henkel announced that its Aquence Co-Cure technology has been selected for use by GreenVolts, Inc. For its higher-performing, lower cost protection against corrosion and UV-damage in the solar industry. GreenVolts, provider of the ...
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NOF Metal Coatings Group has unveiled Geokote, a new range of high-performance topcoats. With the aim of expanding its Plus and Dacrolub range of topcoats, NOF Metal Coatings Group launched the new line and like the other topcoats, Geokote ...
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