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Hempel Joins World Sailing as Official Coatings Partner and Becomes Title Partner of World Cup Series

World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, is pleased to announce that Hempel, the world-leading supplier of trusted coating solutions, is to become the Official Coatings Partner of World Sailing.

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The Editorial Office will be Closed on November 1 & 2, 2018

Normal business activities will resume on Monday, November 5

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Final Report: Aluminium Continues to Head for Growth - Visitors from 123 Nations Came to Düsseldorf

"Despite" was a phrase that came up in nearly all conversations at this year's ALUMINIUM. Despite current trade disputes, such as punitive US tariffs, sanctions against Russia and various bottlenecks in the supply of raw materials, global production and demand are still continuing to grow throughout the world. This was clearly emphasised by ALUMINIUM 2018, which was bigger and more international than ever before.

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Out Now Issue n. 27 of ipcm Protective Coatings

Nothing is eternal. Genoa and Italy's pain is still palpable: on 14 August, a 200-metre stretch of the Morandi Bridge, a viaduct of the A10 motorway, collapsed causing the death of 43 people, the evacuation of 258 families that lived in the 11 buildings under the ruins, and the interruption of a fundamental junction for the viability of the Italian North-West.

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DeburringEXPO 2019 - Strong Demand for Booth Floor Space

Roughly one year before DeburringEXPO opens its doors for the third time, more than 70 companies have already made firm bookings for their booth floor space. This is a strong indication of growth for the trade fair for deburring technology and precision surface finishing, which will be held in Karlsruhe from the 8th through the 10th of October, 2019.

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First Biobased Coating Hardener for Lightfast Polyurethane Coatings

Covestro receives MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award 2018

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Developers of Vantablack Created the Darkest Room Ever to Play Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

In a world first, the creators of Vantablack, the super-black coating that holds the world record as the darkest substance made by man, have created the world's darkest room ever to play Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4.

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World's First Electroluminescent Paint to Light up Skies on Airbus Jets

Darkside Scientific, creators of LumiLor Light Emitting Coating, is working with European aircraft manufacturer Airbus to create electroluminescent exterior markings for aircraft.

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Illinois Engineers Protect Artifacts by Graphene Gilding

Gilding is the process of coating intricate artifacts with precious metals. Ancient Egyptians and Chinese coated their sculptures with thin metal films using gilding—and these golden sculptures have resisted corrosion, wear, and environmental degradation for thousands of years. The middle and outer coffins of Tutankhamun, for instance, are gold leaf gilded, as are many other ancient treasures.

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Adelaide Convention Centre Ready for World's Corrosion Experts

With less than four weeks to go, the countdown to the largest corrosion conference in the Southern Hemisphere, Corrosion & Prevention 2018, has begun. Adelaide will host some of the world's leading researchers and practitioners in the field of corrosion management prevention. Delegates will travel from all parts of the globe to share their knowledge and experience.

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CIN Invests €7M to Create the First "Smart Factory"

The reconversion of CIN's liquid paints factory in Maia will allow an annual production of up to 8M litres from October. The improvements benefit CIN's Protective Coatings and Industrial segment, with expression in Europe, Africa and South America.

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Fire Protection For Steel Reaches New Levels

A breakthrough in fire protection from Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings is offering a combination of durability and ultra-fast curing not previously possible.

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DSM Drives Performance of Metal Coatings by Expanding Hybrane Resins Family

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, has today announced the launch of a new Hybrane product. This product, Hybrane CY235, will drive standards in the ACE, General Industrial and Car Refinish metal coating industries by enabling enhanced coatings performance, higher throughput and reduced energy consumption.

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Dürr Builds a Highly Automated Paint Shop with Integrated IIoT Solutions for VinFast

Start-ups from outside the automotive sector are entering the automotive market more and more frequently. VinFast is a subsidiary of VinGroup, and is the first volume automotive manufacturer from Vietnam with a particular ambition: a smart factory where 250,000 cars per year in the first phase, initially with conventional drives and in the future also with electric drives, will roll off the production line.

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HMG Paints Support Manchester Homeless Mural

Manchester based HMG Paints recently supplied a myriad of coloured masonry paints to a local initiative supporting the homeless in Manchester. Bringing a large selection of homeless charities and supporting companies together in the creation of a mural located on Ducie Street, Manchester, and now the results have been unveiled.

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