Hempel has announced the launch of HEET Dynamic, an innovative new coating software specially designed to make intumescent coating estimations on steel sections quicker, easier and accurate for structural engineers and estimators. Key messages Hempel Engineering and Estimation Technology ‘HEET’ Dynamic empowers users to make efficient and effective fire protection decisions quickly and easily, offering up to 10 times faster calculations, without consulting third party engineering … Continue reading Hempel launches leading intumescent coating estimation software

Electron beams are being explored as a potential alternative for curing coatings via a new partnership between AkzoNobel and China’s Wuxi El Pont Radiation Technology Co., Ltd.    AkzoNobel’s Coil and Extrusion Coatings business has signed a strategic agreement with the hi-tech specialists to develop a pioneering process that uses electron beams to cure coatings on metal substrates.   Dr. Kaj van Alem, Commercial Director of … Continue reading AkzoNobel and China’s Wuxi El Pont exploring use of electron beams to cure coatings

PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the opening of a $17 million aerospace application support center (ASC) in Toulouse, France. The facility provides filling and packaging capabilities for aerospace materials, including coatings and sealants for a wide range of aircraft, as well as technical support and a laboratory. The strategic location of ASC Toulouse enables the company to provide faster product deliveries to aerospace customers in southern … Continue reading PPG to open $17 million aerospace application support center in France

The beverage can industry’s ongoing efforts to move to products free from materials of concern are being boosted by the launch of next generation coatings technology from AkzoNobel – while a new production plant is also being constructed in Spain.  The company’s Packaging Coatings business has just launched the first two products in its new AccelstyleTM range. Designed for the exterior of conventional two-piece aluminum beverage cans, … Continue reading AkzoNobel to invest in coatings technology to support beverage can industry transition

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients, will provide business development, marketing, sales, logistics, and distribution services for Vink Chemicals’ range of biocides, used in water-based products, deco coatings, paints, and emulsions, in China. Vink Chemicals formulates biocides with various antimicrobial substances such as isothiazolinones and formaldehyde releasers. The biocides are used as preservative solutions in paint and coatings, … Continue reading DKSH to Enter New Partnership with Vink Chemicals in China

When life is complex and we’re experiencing information overload, we need spaces that offer us the simplicity to clear our minds, decompress and understand the things we really need. Whether at home or at work, in a school or a hospital, or wherever we find ourselves, we need spaces where we can feel comfortable and relaxed. In this context AkzoNobel introduces ’Sweet embrace’ the Interpon … Continue reading AkzoNobel to name ‘Sweet embrace’ as the Interpon Color of the Year 2024

PPG announced an exclusive supplier agreement with Flō-Optics, a developer of digital manufacturing technology for the ophthalmic industry, for the application of PPG HI-GARD® scratch-resistant coatings using Flō’s proprietary digital printing technology. An exclusive supplier agreement between PPG and Flō-Optics will enable the first digitally applied optical coatings and feature PPG HI-GARD® lens coatings. The agreement will enable the first ever digitized lens coating solutions … Continue reading 3D printing featuring PPG HI-GARD lens coatings provides durability, scratch resistance

Evonik is one step closer to its goal of closing the material cycle in the polyurethane industry: The company has joined forces with the REMONDIS Group, one of the world’s leading recycling companies to secure the supply of end-of-life mattress foams. The cooperation will support Evonik as it develops its chemical recycling process to the next level. Evonik’s innovative hydrolysis process makes it possible to … Continue reading Evonik cooperates with REMONDIS on sustainable polyurethane recycling 

The new alliance with Fitz Chem with well-trained and experienced personnel in the industry is going to create a lot of happy and satisfied customers in the coatings market. VINAVIL announces the appointment of Fitz Chem, NAGASE Group as the exclusive distributor for its PVAc, vinyl acetate/vinyl versatate, VeoVa™, styrene/acrylic and acrylic polymers. Fitz Chem’s Technical Account Managers will serve customers in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, … Continue reading VINAVIL to Appoint Fitz Chem, NAGASE Group, as Resins Distributor in Central and Southeast U.S.

Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, will exhibit from September 11 to 14, 2023, at this year’s Labelexpo Europe, the world’s largest event for label and packaging printing technology in Brussels, Belgium. Next to showcasing some of its latest ink and coating developments for the labels and flexible packaging industries at booth 7A11, the … Continue reading Siegwerk to present its latest ink innovations for sustainable and efficient printing of labels and packaging at Labelexpo Europe 2023

Interpon powder coatings from AkzoNobel have received an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a third time, confirming the company’s continued commitment to full transparency in the sustainability of its products and aligned to its own sustainability goals including a 50% carbon footprint reduction by 2030. An EPD is an independently verified assessment of a product’s environmental impact across its whole lifespan, from initial production to end-of-life … Continue reading Interpon powder coatings from AkzoNobel to receive an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a third time

Innovative facility combines color development and application; uses AI tools PPG announced that it has inaugurated a center of excellence at its Quattordio, Italy site that will increase the efficiency for automotive color development and application. The $2.6 million (2.3 million euros) investment combines color development and application in a single process, reducing the lead time to bring new colors to market, optimizing costs and … Continue reading PPG to inaugurate center of excellence in Italy that increases efficiency for automotive color development | Innovative facility combines color development and application; uses AI tools

Global paints and coatings manufacturer Jotun, one of the major providers of intumescent fire protection coatings for the infrastructure and energy industries, has announced the completion of major expansion of its Global Intumescent R&D Laboratory to advance new product innovation and technologies.This ambitious expansion more than doubles the size of the Flixborough Global Intumescent R&D facility, aiming to increase Jotun’s product development and fire testing capacity … Continue reading Major expansion of Jotun’s Fire Protection Coating R&D facilities to further secure Jotun’s innovative position

PPG announced that it has partnered with Satys, a French industrial group active in aircraft sealing, painting and surface treatment, to provide electrocoating (e-coat) of original equipment manufacture (OEM) aircraft parts. Under the agreement, Satys will install a PPG AEROCRON™ e-coat primer system at its facility in Dugny, France. “PPG is proud to partner with Satys to provide our innovative e-coat technology in close proximity … Continue reading PPG, Satys announce aerospace e-coat system partnership in France