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04MAG

Advanced Polymer Coating Appoints Kenny Rogers as Business Development Consultant

Kenny Rogers has joined Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) as a Business Development Consultant for the MarineLINE cargo tank coating system.

03MAG

Asahi Kasei Europe Starts Operations at New Location in Düsseldorf

Asahi Kasei Europe has united European sales, marketing and R&D activities at its new location at Düsseldorf Harbour, Germany.

03MAG

Webinar on “Parts cleanliness and layer thickness inspection – Assuring the quality of pre-treatment and coating in industrial practice”

Coatmaster AG, RJL Micro & Analytic GmbH and SITA Messtechnik GmbH have organized a webinar on May 12 dedicated to the basics for measuring technology to monitor and document particulate and filmic contaminations as well as the layer thickness.

01MAG

Can furniture coatings cut CO2 emissions?

The patented water-based Bayhydur^® quix hardener dries as quickly as solvent-based hardeners while saving energy on drying times. The comparison shows that with Bayhydur^® quix, CO₂ emissions can be demonstrably reduced by up to 60% compared with solvent-based coatings – this was the result of a Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) in cooperation with the furniture coatings manufacturer Hesse Lignal.

30APR

Chemetall Receives the European Supplier Award by Novelis

Chemetall received the European Supplier Award 2020 by Novelis as a recognition for the continuous pursue of excellence in quality as well as its expertise, reliability and professional services.

30APR

Sherwin-Williams Launches Echelon, a New Hyper Durable Powder Coatings Line

Echelon® is the new hyper-durable powder coatings series developed by Sherwin-Williams for architectural applications.

29APR

Inkmaker Group Rebrands as IM GROUP in Conjunction with World Earth Day

On April 22, Inkmaker Group became IM GROUP. The official launch - in the planning for approximately two years - was filmed at Inkmaker’s Headquarters in Turin, Italy, which are now also the headquarters of IM GROUP.

28APR

Ricercatore della Libera Università di Bolzano sviluppa un biopolimero isolante con gli scarti delle microplastiche

Marco Caniato, ricercatore della Facoltà di Scienze e Tecnologie della Libera Università di Bolzano, ha sviluppato un biopolimero con gli scarti delle microplastiche con proprietà isolanti, in grado di competere con competere con gli isolanti tradizionali come la lana di roccia o le schiume poliuretaniche.

28APR

Stardust's Ongoing Commitment Despite the Difficulties in Sourcing Raw Materials

Despite the great uncertainty in terms of the availability of numerous raw materials, the manufacturer of powder coatings Stardust is committed to guaranteeing an attentive, reliable and timely service.

27APR

AkzoNobel Launches its Second Global Start-up Challenge

AkzoNobel announces the launch of Paint the Future’s second global start-up challenge.

26APR

Evonik Joins the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab to Accelerate Innovation With Artificial Intelligence

Evonik extended its collaboration with IBM in the field of digitalization until 2025 and became the first chemical company in the world to participate in the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab for Artificial Intelligence research and development.

26APR

Covestro Completes Acquisition of Resins & Functional Materials Business from DSM

Covestro succesfully completed the acquisition of the Resins & Functional Materials business (RFM) from the Dutch company Royal DSM.

23APR

Dürr Megtec Launches the Next Generation of its Wet Electrostatic Precipitator

Dürr Megtec recently released the next generation of its wet electrostatic precipitator (WESP), an air pollution control system that efficiently cleans industrial gases of fine particulate matter, acid mists and aerosols to meet global environmental regulations and protect downstream equipment.

22APR

Out Now Issue n. 37 of ipcm_Protective Coatings

Read the latest edition of the magazine dedicated to corrosion prevention and control technologies in the heavy industry.