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11LUG

The First VACUDEST XL16.000 Leaves H2O Production

At the end of June the first VACUDEST XL 16.000 left the production of H2O GmbH. This unit complements the VACUDEST series by the 19th size.

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10LUG

Teknos Makes the World Last Longer

Teknos has outlined the Group's sustainability targets as part of its strategy renewal for 2019–2025. The goal is to become the most responsible actor in the industry and to make the world last longer through close cooperation with stakeholders and by investing in developing exceptional customer solutions and enhancing employees' expertise. The focus areas of the program are: Sustainable solutions and services, Responsible operations and supply chain, People development and Future generations.

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09LUG

Covestro Products in A New Light

The new Covestro Solution Center is online: a key component of Covestro's digitalization strategy is now being launched. In the new Covestro Solution Center, more than 2,000 Covestro products can be accessed via an intelligent search, which also includes numerous technical product features.

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08LUG

Paint-Like Material Inspired by A Heat-Tolerant Desert Ant Could Keep Buildings Cool

Material inspired by an ant could cool buildings, reducing the need for air conditioning.

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05LUG

Paint & Coatings 2020 Continues to Grow and Completes its Conference Program

The fair has been received with great enthusiasm and already has the participation of the main suppliers of the coating industry in Spain and Portugal.

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04LUG

Evonik Expands Fumed Silica Capacity

Evonik has started up on schedule its new plant complex in Antwerp for production of fumed silica.

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03LUG

A Commitment to Actively Shaping the Future Characterizes the Automotive Color Trends 2019-20

ACT/9, the title of the Automotive Color Trends 2019-20, is a demand to shape the future with an active attitude.

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02LUG

June in Review

High-level know-how, innovations in painting processes and an ever-greater push towards the sustainability of processes and material – this month's hot topics.

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02LUG

VISIOMER Specialty Methacrylate Monomers Launches Online Product Recommender and VISIOMER Toolbox

As the pioneer in methacrylate chemistry, the Specialty Methacrylate Monomers group of Evonik has a standard portfolio that includes more than 40 different specialty monomers, and the ability to customize monomers to their customers' needs.

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01LUG

How to Coat 700 Alloy Wheels per Hour with One Plant: Mapsa's Solution

Mapsa, a part of the Corporación Mondragón, the eighth Spanish business group, provides all major OEMs with its alloy wheels: PSA Group, Opel, Seat, Volkswagen-Audi Group, Kia, and Ford. Every hour, Mapsa coats 685 alloy wheels with a turnkey plant designed and built by OLPIDÜRR S.p.A., the world competence centre for alloy wheels of the German group Dürr.

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01LUG

DSM Introduces New Resin to Drive Shift to Waterborne Coatings in Construction and Heavy Machinery Segments

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, has launched a new direct-to-metal (DTM), waterborne coating resin, NeoCryl® XK-117, that will enable a more sustainable future for the coatings industry. The new resin underlines DSM's commitment to developing coating resins that outperform conventional coating technologies in terms of both sustainability and functional performance.

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01LUG

The Advantages of Robotics 4.0 for the Flame Hardening of Maserati Car Bumpers

Maserati has recently installed two new generation robots built by CMA Robotics for the flame hardening of plastic components. This has guaranteed greater compliance of painted surfaces to quality standards, significant operational savings in terms of process and consumption, and greater operator safety thanks to an innovative access system that was tailor-made for this factory.

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28GIU

NSF Awards $225,000 to University of Arkansas-Affiliated Technology Company

The National Science Foundation has awarded $225,000 to start-up company SurfTec LLC to commercialize its patent-pending technology invented at the University of Arkansas.

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27GIU

Cortec Now Offers Custom Perforations of VpCI-137 Foam Rolls

Flexibility and convenient corrosion protection are at your fingertips with Cortec's new custom perforation capabilities for VpCI®-137 foam rolls.

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26GIU

A Tri-Layer Plasma-Deposited Coating to Protect Crops Against Fungi

A team of researchers from Italy tested whether a multilayer coating encapsulating a fungicide molecule could be effectively applied to the surface of seeds by means of plasma technology in order to control fungal infection.

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