2019

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01APR

Safic-Alcan and Evonik Strengthen Their Partnership in Coating Additives

Safic-Alcan, an international specialty chemicals distributor, is pleased to announce the extension of its partnership with Evonik to new products and new territories, effective immediately.

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29MAR

Nouryon Launches Improved Vanishing Red Peroxide for the Composites Market

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) unveiled a new version of its Butanox M-50 Vanishing Red peroxide at JEC World, a leading trade event for the composites market.

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29MAR

BASF Expands Innovation Scope in Asia Pacific With New Facilities and New Solutions

BASF is enhancing its regional innovation capabilities with new facilities at the Innovation Campus Shanghai, to further strengthen collaboration with the automotive industry and to offer new process catalysts to the chemical industry. With an investment of approximately €34 million, the new 5,000-square-meter facilities include the Automotive Application Center and the Process Catalysis Research & Development (R&D) Center.

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28MAR

Out Now Issue n. 56 of ipcm International Paint&Coating Magazine – Special on Architecture & Design

Although the media describe the global industrial situation gloomily, with recession forecasts for all major world economic powers, we have found a dynamic and confident atmosphere during our first visits of the year to several surface treatment companies.

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28MAR

MES and Analytics by Dürr – Synchronicity and Networking in Plant Engineering

By adding IIoT-technologies to the existing unique combination of plant engineering and MES, Dürr enhances its software portfolio with intelligent analytics functionalities. Real-time information and control facilitate powerful algorithms to redefine the borders of today's production landscape.

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28MAR

New Cortec Additive Enhances Corrosion Protection of Water-Based Coatings Systems

Formulators looking to enhance the corrosion protection of increasingly popular water-based coatings systems can now use Cortec's M-120, a water-based corrosion inhibitor additive that does not contain heavy metals.

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27MAR

Positive Development for Hempel in 2018: Industrial Transformation to Continue Unabated in 2019

Global coatings company Hempel delivered strong organic growth in the final quarter of 2018 and doubled its decorative business in Europe by acquiring J.W. Ostendorf. It is now well-placed to lead the consolidation of the global coatings industry.

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27MAR

Dynasylan SIVO 140 and SILIKOPON EF – The Perfect Team for Eco-Friendly Corrosion Protection Systems

Rust is everywhere – and protecting structures from corrosion is a common challenge. Experts estimate that one-third of all iron and steel products manufactured worldwide in a year are used to replace corroded structural components. The economic damage, therefore, is enormous.

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26MAR

HMG Paints Launch Revolutionary CV Topcoat Acrythane 4G

HMG Paints Ltd, the UK's largest Independent paint manufacturer, has announced the launch of a revolutionary, one visit application, commercial vehicle topcoat.

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26MAR

AkzoNobel Opens Ground-Breaking R&D Innovation Campus

A trailblazing lab complex which can test new products in conditions that mimic the world's most extreme environments has been officially opened today by AkzoNobel in the UK.

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25MAR

Mankiewicz Relies on Coating Hardeners from the Ultra Line of Covestro

For its Alexit® coating systems, the Hamburg-based coatings manufacturer Mankiewicz Gebr. & Co. KG uses hardeners from Covestro, which are setting new standards in occupational safety. The Bayhydur® ultra products used are part of the ultra line and contain less than 0.1 percent by weight of residual monomers.

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25MAR

Nouryon to Invest in New US Plant for Expandable Microspheres

Nouryon has selected a location in the US for a world-scale polymerization plant for its Expancel expandable microspheres. The project will significantly strengthen the company's leadership position in expandable microspheres, which are used to make customers' end products lighter and reduce costs.

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22MAR

Abrafati And NürnbergMesse Brazil Strike Strategic Partnership

Starting this year, ABRAFATI and NürnbergMesse are partnering to hold the International Coatings Congress and the International Exhibition of Coatings Industry Suppliers —which this year are rolled into ABRAFATI 2019, set to take place on October 1 through 3 at São Paulo Expo.

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22MAR

Leading Companies in Aeronautics, The Automotive Industry and Capital Goods Will Take Part in Subcontratación

The exhibiting area for the trade show already has an occupancy rate of 85%.

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21MAR

Atlas Eletrodomésticos: WAGNER Enamel Coating Booth Doubled Production Capacity and Provides Aesthetically-Pleasing Surfaces

Domestic appliance parts must fulfil the highest requirements in terms of quality, visual and protective aspects – especially when it comes to heat-resistant enamel coating. Since December 2015, an enamel coating unit from WAGNER accounts for high-quality and high protective coating results at Atlas Eletrodomésticos in Pato Branco (Brazil).

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