Jan 9, 2019 | Industry News
PPG has reached a definitive agreement to acquire automotive coatings manufacturer Hemmelrath. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2019, subject to customary closing...
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Michelman has extended its distribution agreement with Safic-Alcan, an international specialty chemicals distributor, to Central Europe, Poland, and Turkey. This initiative will enable Michelman to...
Jan 8, 2019 | Industry News
OMNOVA has announced its collaboration with SAFIC-ALCAN for the distribution of its specialty coating resins. The resins improve the performance of coatings in applications such as cladding, mixed...
Jan 7, 2019 | Industry News
A team of researchers based at The University of Manchester have found a low cost method for producing graphene printed electronics, which significantly speeds up and reduces the cost of conductive...
Christmas trees could be saved from landfill and turned into paint. A new research has found that useful products can be made from the chemicals extracted from pine needles when processed. With the...
Jan 4, 2019 | Industry News
ANGUS has entered into a new distribution arrangement for the company’s complete portfolio of nitroalkanes and their derivatives sold into the paints and coatings industry. It will market AMP-95™...
Jan 3, 2019 | Industry News
Researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering are tapping a new set of capabilities in this field of artificial intelligence, combining artificial neural networks with infrared thermal imaging...
Jan 2, 2019 | Industry News
Rust-Oleum is marking the opening of the company’s new 110,000 square foot floor coating manufacturing facility. The plant produces flooring products for the DIY market under RockSolid and for the...
Sep 11, 2018 | Industry News
A shortage of a precursor almost exclusively sourced from China is threatening supplies of the widely used preservative benzisothiazolinone (BIT). Users of BIT face regulatory headaches and...