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20NOV

Peter Turczak takes over the management of WIWA

Peter Turczak took over the position of Managing Director of the Lahnau, Germany based company, WIWA Wilhelm Wagner GmbH & Co. KG.

19NOV

BASF solutions for wind energy comply with tightened emissions guidelines in China

Emission levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Beijing to be reduced by 2022. BASF supports the wind energy sector with efficient and resource-conserving solutions.

18NOV

Apprenticeship scheme has formula for success at HMG Paints

Manchester based HMG Paints Ltd is continuing its successful apprenticeship programme by recruiting a cohort of new faces.

17NOV

New WACKER Pilot Reactor for Dispersions Begins Operations in China

Wacker Chemie AG officially started up its new pilot reactor for vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province) in China. The new facility will allow WACKER to expand its local research and development activities in China and grow to its regional portfolio of product development, application technology and customer services.

16NOV

BASF SE declares Force Majeure for the supply of dispersions, dispersion powders and hotmelts on acrylic monomer basis from sites in Ludwigshafen and Tarragona

Limited access to raw material supply leads to low product inventories and restricted production output.

16NOV

ipcm Protective Coatings n. 19 (October 2016) Has Been Released

Effective, sustainable and efficient anti-corrosion solutions are at the core of ipcm_Protective Coatings n. 19, which contains numerous technical articles on how to protect assets from different types of corrosion with in-depth analysis about new water-based anti-corrosion systems, surface-tolerant cold-repair systems suitable for harsh operating conditions, high-performance polyurea, and ultra-flexible application technologies. In addition, innovative packaging solutions for components, high level coatings and systems for fire protection, new technologies for coating removal and surface preparation, an interview with a great expert in corrosion mitigation, and heat spray systems.

15NOV

Axalta to address rising coatings performance standards in ACE market at European Coatings Technology Forum

Providing the right technology for challenging environments.

14NOV

Chemetall opens new Precision Microchemicals Technical Center in Silicon Valley

Chemetall, a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals announced the opening of a new R&D facility located in the heart of Silicon Valley in Fremont, California.

14NOV

ICT - Industrial Cleaning Technologies n. 10 (September 2016) Has Been Released

Among the contents of this issue of ICT, an in-depth analysis of oxygen cleaning, the latest novelties about cleaning and measurement technologies, the successful integration of cavitation and new bio-based detergents in a cleaning machine, integration of a anticorrosion treatment in a solvent-based cleaning process, new deburring, rounding and polishing solutions and cleaning of medical products. In addition, an article about a company that took a washing machine and turned it into a system fully integrated with other process stations and featuring automated loading and unloading systems.

13NOV

Axalta launches new self-bonding electrical steel coating

Voltatex 1175W-1K offers longer shelf life and improved handling.

12NOV

Corsi di formazione 2016 per i professionisti del trattamento delle superfici: aperte le iscrizioni per la sessione autunnale (ottobre/novembre 2016) a Milano

Sono aperte le iscrizioni per la sessione autunnale - ottobre-novembre 2016 - dei corsi di formazione per i tecnici del trattamento delle superfici organizzati da ipcm_Academy, settore formazione di ipcm^®, che si svolgeranno a Milano, presso Innovhub SSI - Divisione Oli e Grassi.

14OTT

Axalta Coating Systems working with Bombardier on two important London rail contracts

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, has been working with Bombardier Transportation on two major railway projects in London, England. Bombardier Transportation is a global leader in the rail industry, with 61 production and engineering sites and 18 service centres in 28 countries.

14OTT

Corso ipcm_Academy: "Lo zinco per la protezione dalla corrosione dell'acciaio"

Il corso, che si terrà il 27 ottobre a Milano presso Innovhub SSI - Divisione Oli e Grassi, si propone, attraverso l'analisi delle problematiche legate alla corrosione dell'acciaio e al comportamento dello zinco, di fornire un'informazione di base sulle diverse tecnologie di applicazione dello zinco sull'acciaio a scopo protettivo.

13OTT

Chemetall to Highlight Non-Phosphate Gardobond AP 9811 Aluminum Finishing and Anodizing Technologies at FABTECH 2016

Chemetall, a leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of state-of-the-art specialty chemical products and global business unit of Albemarle Corporation, will exhibit at the FABTECH 2016 show on November 16 - 18, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV.

12OTT

New flow and leveling additives minimize complexity in can and coil coatings

TEGO^® Flow 375 and TEGO^® Flow 460 N make an impressive contribution to meeting the high demands made on the global production and marketing of can and coil products.