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19LUG

AkzoNobel CEO Ton Büchner steps down with immediate effect: Thierry Vanlancker announced as new CEO of AkzoNobel

AkzoNobel announces today that Chief Executive Ton Büchner steps down with immediate effect due to health reasons. The company has announced Thierry Vanlancker as the new CEO.

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18LUG

Retraction – Industrial Cleaning Technologies, March 2017

It is a constant challenge to make sure all the information we receive is accurate and unfortunately we did not pick up on this phrase as we should have done.

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18LUG

Hempel extends production uptime with launch of new linings range

Following the successful launch in the Middle East and Southeast Asia of Hempaline Defend epoxy linings, global coatings company Hempel is now able to offer the lining range to its European customers.

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18LUG

Axalta Offers Car Manufacturers Insights into Electrocoat Developments during SURCAR event in Cannes, France

Dr. Herman Yee, the Global Manager of Technology for Electrocoat at Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, gave representatives from car manufacturers insight into new electrocoat technology innovations at the 29th International Conference on Automotive Body Finishing (SURCAR).

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17LUG

AkzoNobel releases Intertrac Vision Lite, introducing Intertrac Vision to Wider Audience

A wider set of customers can embark on a 'Digital Voyage' – a new customer experience with AkzoNobel's Intertrac Vision Lite. The new iPad App offers a lite version of Intertrac Vision, AkzoNobel's big data hull performance prediction tool. Free-to-use Intertrac Vision Lite provides a new avenue to engage ship owners and operators in the hull coating selection process, and enables them to explore the role of big data in supporting hull performance predictions and purchasing decisions

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17LUG

The relationship to the digital world shapes BASF's 2017/18 Automotive Color Trend predictions

Collection entitled Translucid is determined by the beauty of the analog body and fluid grids; Automotive color palettes are guided by high chromatic and interference effects; EMEA presents a dark anthracite with unique Solaric technology

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11LUG

Axalta Coating Systems Discusses New Trends in Consolidated Paint Processes at DFO European Automotive Conference in Germany

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, presented the opening address at the 24th annual DFO European Automotive Coating conference, held recently in Braunschweig, Germany, for automotive and paint industry experts.

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09LUG

Valspar's Fluropon Pure Now Featured In The Sustainable Minds Transparency Catalog

The catalog consists of top-of-the-line building product manufacturers that are demonstrating remarkable sustainability efforts

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09LUG

Chances of hypersonic travel heat up with new materials discovery

Researchers at The University of Manchester in collaboration with Central South University (CSU), China, have created a new kind of ceramic coating that could revolutionise hypersonic travel for air, space and defense purposes.

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09LUG

Zero-Gravity: Graphene for Space Applications

Researchers and students in the Graphene Flagship are preparing for two exciting experiments in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) to test the viability of graphene for space applications. Both experiments will launch between 6-17th November 2017, testing graphene in zero-gravity conditions to determine its potential in space applications including light propulsion and thermal management.

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09LUG

Research Paper on Biobased Anti-Corrosion Coatings To Be Presented at EuroCorr 2017 by Cortec Corporation

This research paper clearly demonstrates that bio-based products may inhibit corrosion as well as their traditional oil-and solvent based counterparts, without any of the negative environmental considerations.

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09LUG

ipcm Protective Coatings n. 22 Out Now (June 2017)

In this issue, a MIT research study on the development of a barrier-effect coating that will help prevent environmental disasters connected to oil spills; a new measuring tool for the coating thicknesses applied on oil pipelines; a new foul release coating intended for the immersed parts of hulls and the propellers of ships; new resins and polymer-based coating and repair solutions for the alternative energy industry; finally, an architectural work of excellence, defined as "the most beautiful work of 2017", has been protected with an innovative coating system provided by an Italian company.

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08LUG

Spectacular Queensferry Crossing protected by Hempel

Hempel was chosen to provide tough coating protection against corrosion to the new Queensferry Crossing, scheduled to open this summer. Located on the busy Forth Estuary near Edinburgh on the east coast of Scotland, it boasts an impressive total length of 2.7 kilometres, making it the longest three-tower cable bridge in the world.

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08LUG

Marine coatings are critical for ice-class LNG carriers

Fifteen ice-class LNG carriers will soon test Arctic coatings under the most challenging conditions that ships of this type have ever faced.

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07LUG

Aston Martin Racing victory at Le Mans in iconic livery

Aston Martin Racing, in its iconic Stirling Green livery, developed by HMG Paints, has taken victory at the 85th 24 Hours of Le Mans, after Jonny Adam (GB) took the GTE Pro lead on the final lap of the iconic endurance race.

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