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AkzoNobel Secures Supply Deal With Leading Car Manufacturer

The BMW Group has chosen AkzoNobel to be a trusted supplier of vehicle refinish products and services to a large part of its distribution network around the world. The deal came into effect on February 1, 2020.

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Benzi & Di Terlizzi: An Overhead Conveyor Turns the Coating Line into a Highly Digitised System Capable of Integrating Subsequent Production Phases

Benzi & Di Terlizzi, a company specialising in the production of PTO drive shafts for agricultural machines, has recently installed a modern, Industry 4.0-oriented coating system equipped with a two-rail conveyor, which has enabled the integration of the assembly phase directly in-line thus maximizing production efficiency.

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AkzoNobel Puts the Cool into McLaren's Stylish New Formula 1 Car, the MCL35

McLaren Racing's 2020 Formula 1 car raced into view ahead of the new season, with AkzoNobel again supplying hi-tech coatings technology for the stylish MCL35.

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WAGNER Expands Its Portfolio in The Automatic Liquid Coating Sector with A New, Universally Applicable Airspray Gun

The new automatic airspray gun TOPFINISH GA 1030 for industrial liquid coating convinces with excellent atomizing properties and a high-quality spray pattern. The universal unit for automatic applications is particularly low-wear, which reduces spare part costs and halves maintenance costs. This enables process-safe coating in continuous operation.

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New USDA Certified Biobased and Biodegradable Temporary Rust Preventive for Outdoor Protection

U.S. federal agencies and their contractors have to meet special biobased requirements when purchasing products from 139 categories identified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). One of these is corrosion preventatives, which must have 53% minimum biobased content to be a qualified product under the mandatory federal purchasing initiative of the USDA BioPreferred® Program. Cortec® Corporation, a leading corrosion inhibitor manufacturer committed to using sustainable materials where possible, meets this need in the form of EcoLine® 3690, a USDA Certified Biobased Product that can be used to replace solvent- and mineral-oil based (RPs).

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Arsonsisi Launches New Coatings for UV LED Lamps: An Innovative Technology and A Sustainable Choice for Industrial Coating

The industrial coating market is constantly searching for innovative solutions to meet the needs of high productivity and a reduction in process and management costs, with a special focus on environmental sustainability. For this purpose, at its R&D laboratories in Berlingo, Arsonsisi has recently developed a new line of coatings for UV LED (Light Emitting Diodes) lamp curing.

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Investing in People Earns AkzoNobel Five "Top Employer" Titles

The Top Employers Institute has recognized AkzoNobel's excellence in creating the best conditions for employees in the key markets of Brazil, China, the UK, the Netherlands and the US.

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Honeywell Launches New Line of High-Performance Matting Agents, NduroMatt

New polyethylene-based product line improves durability and longevity of matte coatings.

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January in Review

Communication beyond the five senses.

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Tecam to Showcase its Vent Gas Treatment Systems for Tank Storage at StocExpo 2020

The Spanish environmental technology company TECAM will be participating at StocExpo 2020 as an exhibitor in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 10-12 March 2020 to showcase its environmental technology for vent gas treatment for the tank storage industry in Europe.

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Transparent Information for A Simplified Management of The Coating Process 4.0

Transparency of the powder coating process anytime and anywhere. With the COATIFY information and management platform, WAGNER fulfils this wish of a leading contract manufacturer in metalworking. The web-based system continuously provides relevant performance data of the coating system and raises awareness among the workforce for system utilization, cost reduction and highest quality in coating.

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CPCA Applauds Paint Manufacturers' Commitment to Extended Product Stewardship

The Canadian paint and coatings industry has been a leader in post-consumer paint recycling for more than 25 years with the first program launched by Product Care in British Columbia in 1994. Since the Canada-wide Action Plan on Waste, initiated by the Canadian Council of Ministers on the Environment, all ten Provinces have paint-recycling programs for most of the past ten years under provincial legislation.

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AGROSTROJ: Coating Equipment to Better Serve the ACE and Automotive Sectors

AGROSTROJ, with over 100 years of history, a new 16,000 m2-wide industrial coating line that is about to become the largest one in Europe, is the first Central European company to invest in the automation of its agricultural machinery powder coating processes with the installation of four pre-retouching robots designed by CMA Robotics.

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Continuous Technological Innovation and Paintshop Updating for High Quality Agricultural Machinery: Mascar's Winning Strategy

In order to meet in the best possible way the needs of the primary sector, today more prosperous than ever in terms of technological innovation and ever more demanding in terms of finishing, Mascar renovated its paintshop with the help of Graco, Comaind, and Inver.

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Automotive Sector Players Reconvened for the 7th Edition of Chemistry and Automotive Conference

In November, the long-awaited Chemistry and Automotive conference was held at Metropolo by Golden Tulip - a modern conference centre. It was the 7th edition of this international conference, which attracted the attention of representatives of numerous leading automotive and automotive-related companies, scientists, manufacturers of chemical materials, equipment as well as local and international press.

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