2018

Has the Colour Industry Settled for Flat, Static Colours? Hella Jongerius' Installation 'Breathing Colour' Challenges us to Rethink Colour and Truly Experience It

'Breathing Colour' by acclaimed Dutch designer Hella Jongerius, is an exhibition that takes a deeper look at the way colour behaves, exploring shapes, materials, shadows and reflections.

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Collaboration Between KRÜSS and LINSEIS for High-Temperature Contact Angles

Collaboration between two specialists: KRÜSS GmbH, global market leader in the field of contact angle measurement, and LINSEIS, as experts in thermal analyses, have established a new cooperative venture. With immediate effect, the two owner-managed family companies will be following a common path in the field of high-temperature contact angle measurement.

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PPG and DNV GL Collaborate to Take Hull Performance Beyond ISO 19030

PPG, a global leader in protective and marine coatings, and the global quality assurance and risk management company DNV GL, have signed a collaboration agreement focused on operational data analysis using DNV GL's next-generation hull analysis methodologies.

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Limitation to the Maximum: Leybold Announces Innovative Dry Vacuum Pump at ACHEMA

Short, reliable and clean production processes are more important than ever for the increasingly digital and globally active value chains, in addition to high quality results. Vacuum technology provides a significant contribution to meeting these requirements. The vacuum pioneer Leybold has designed the new VARODRY vacuum pump series for efficient industrial vacuum processes.

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Helping Prevent Corrosion One Molecule at a Time!

Cortec additives integrate many technologies along with proprietary VpCI® chemistry in order to eliminate corrosion caused by corrosive fluids, chlorides, or humid environments. When implemented, these additives ultimately cut costs such as those associated with expensive alloys, corrosion claims, and labor.

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New End-Use Brochures of BYK-Gardner: QC Solutions for Coatings

BYK-Gardner, a global leader in the field of measuring color, appearance and physical properties announces new publications focusing on QC solutions for specific end-use markets like coatings, plastic and cosmetics.

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Colors & Effects Portfolio Grows: BASF Invests into Capacities and Extends Colour Palette for Paliocrom Effect Pigments

Investment reflects increasing demand, especially in the area of automotive coatings. New Paliocrom Premium Gold EH 1 sets benchmark for golden effects.

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Castolin Eutectic Launches New Range of Advanced Polymer Coatings for Cold Rapid Repairs

Castolin Eutectic has just launched a new and improved range of advanced polymer coatings, called MeCaTeC®, that provide fast practical solutions to a wide variety of industrial maintenance and repair problems caused by premature wear of critical parts used in manufacturing machinery and equipment. MeCaTec® is ideal for anti-wear coating and repair of all metals, including difficult-to-weld metals such as Ni-Hard castings.

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Jotun Simplifies Customers' Marine On-board Maintenance with Unique SeaStock Management Solution

Jotun has launched an innovative solution that brings simplicity, predictability and optimal quality to the process of marine on-board maintenance.

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AkzoNobel Seals Two-Year Intersleek Supply Deal With Shipping Giant Nakilat

AkzoNobel has secured a two-year deal to continue supplying its award-winning Intersleek 1100SR foul release coating to Qatari shipping and maritime giant Nakilat (Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd).

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Walther Trowal: Efficient Coating Of O-Rings

The new Rotamat system for small batches allows the efficient coating of work piece volumes from 2 to 15 litres.

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PPG Starred at the Motor Show with David Brown Automotive

At the Geneva Motor Show in March 2018, David Brown Automotive showcased two special car editions: the new Speedback Silverstone Edition and the Mini Remastered. PPG was heavily involved in developing great paint finishes for the cars, which included a selection of retro colours and exclusive finishes.

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Conceiving Colour

The new Porsche 911 GT3 RS: 520 hp, 0 to 100 kmh in 3.2 seconds, peak speed 312 kmh. This Porsche is green. Why is that?

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Leading German Paint Manufacturer, J.W. Ostendorf, Becomes Part of The Hempel Group

Global manufacturer of coatings, Hempel, sees tremendous growth in the market for decorative paint.

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Out Now Issue n. 51 of ipcm International Paint&Coating Magazine

Nowadays, quality is an imperative for any durable consumer good.

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