New Acrylic DIrect-to-Metal Polymer from EPS
EPS – Engineered Polymer Solutions launched EPS 2585, a high-solids waterborne acrylic emulsion that provides the capability to formulate direct-to- metal applications at <100g/L VOC. EPS 2585 is recommended for high-performance general industrial and railcar coatings with excellent hardness, block resistance and early water resistance. “There’s a growing demand for DTM coatings that meet tough performance requirements,” said Robert Sandoval, Ph.D., R&D Technical Director for Engineered … Continue reading New Acrylic DIrect-to-Metal Polymer from EPS
PPG reports fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial results
PPG (NYSE:PPG) reported financial results for the fourth quarter 2022 and full-year 2022. Fourth Quarter Consolidated Results $ in millions, except EPS 4Q 2022 4Q 2021 Y-O-Y change Net sales* $4,185 $4,190 0% Net income† $238 $267 -11% Adjusted net income†** $286 $298 -4% EPS† $1.01 $1.12 -10% Adjusted EPS†** $1.22 $1.26 -3% *Components of year-over-year net sales change: higher selling … Continue reading PPG reports fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial results
Stunning and sustainable: Heubach launches Hostatint™ SA for luxurious wood finishes
The Heubach Group, a leading provider of comprehensive color solutions has launched their latest advanced pigment preparations for luxurious wood finishes. An optimal solution for tinting natural wood stains and oils that are derived from oils such as linseed. As such Hostatint SA preparations do not require special labelling, making them perfect to replace traditional dyes. With low viscosity, advanced sedimentation behavior, high tinting strength and consistent … Continue reading Stunning and sustainable: Heubach launches Hostatint™ SA for luxurious wood finishes
BYK production expansion successfully completed in Shanghai
For BYK, a leading global manufacturer of speciality chemicals, the Shanghai integrated site is the second production facility in China following BYK Tongling. The total investment of the phase II project (SCIP II), covering an area of 1.16 hectares, is in the low double-digit million euro amount, and the site is designed for an annual capacity of 4750 tons. The entire phase II project was … Continue reading BYK production expansion successfully completed in Shanghai
BASF invests in the expansion of the polymer dispersions business in Merak, Indonesia
BASF has announced an investment in the capacity expansion of polymer dispersions at its production site in Merak, Indonesia. The expansion is in line with the growing trend of high-quality packaging in ASEAN where key paper and board manufacturers are located. “The expansion will bring additional supply reliability to fulfill the growing demand for acrylics and styrene-butadiene dispersions in the Southeast Asia, Australia, and New … Continue reading BASF invests in the expansion of the polymer dispersions business in Merak, Indonesia
Technopol introduces its strongest and most durable OS10 car park waterproofing solution to date
Tecnopol has developed a new waterproofing system based on Tecnocoat P-2049 pure polyurea membrane to be used for protecting road surfaces from heavy traffic. The system has recently been tested and approved with the OS10 seal, in accordance with the German Concrete Protection and Repair Standard. The new waterproofing system is excellent at bridging cracks and cures extremely quickly, with surfaces being ready for use … Continue reading Technopol introduces its strongest and most durable OS10 car park waterproofing solution to date
Axalta’s Sustainable Electrocoat (e-coat) Technology Wins 2023 BIG Innovation Award
Patented AquaEC® Flex has low VOC and enables mass production of electric vehicles Broad bake technology designed for complex vehicle structures provides corrosion protection and flexibility GLEN MILLS, Pa., Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global coatings company, today announced that its AquaEC® Flex Broad Bake Electrocoat won a 2023 BIG Innovation Award presented by the Business Intelligence Group (BIG). The annual business … Continue reading Axalta’s Sustainable Electrocoat (e-coat) Technology Wins 2023 BIG Innovation Award
Asian Paints to build $242 million water-based paint unit in India
Asian Paint’s Board of Directors has approved an investment of Rs 2,000 crore (approximately) for a new waterborne paint manufacturing plant with a capacity of 400,000 kiloliters per annum. After the land acquisition, the facility’s manufacturing is expected to be commissioned in three years. The company is exploring the possibility of making this investment and setting up a manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh. The company … Continue reading Asian Paints to build $242 million water-based paint unit in India
LANXESS and TotalEnergies to cooperate on sustainable styrene
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS and French energy group TotalEnergies have entered into a cooperation on the supply of biocircular styrene. Unlike conventional styrene, the raw material used by TotalEnergies is based on tall oil, which is derived from a tree resin and is a by-product of pulp production. LANXESS uses the styrene to produce sustainable ion exchange resins. These products are applied primarily in the … Continue reading LANXESS and TotalEnergies to cooperate on sustainable styrene
Axalta Partners with Steer Automotive Group, the UK’s Fastest-growing, Award-winning Accident Repair Organization
Axalta (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global coatings company, today announced it signed a multi-year agreement with Steer Automotive Group, the UK’s largest independently owned vehicle repair organization. Under the terms of the agreement, Axalta is the single preferred paint partner, supplying its premium refinish brand Standox to Steer Automotive Group’s 57 UK sites. “This new partnership demonstrates our shared goals of building a better business … Continue reading Axalta Partners with Steer Automotive Group, the UK’s Fastest-growing, Award-winning Accident Repair Organization
Azelis announces new distribution agreement with Sun Chemical
Azelis, an innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industries, has entered a new distribution agreement with Sun Chemical, an inks, coatings, pigments, and advanced materials company. The agreement went into effect January 1, 2023. The mandate strengthens Azelis’ portfolio of pigment products in the coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers (CASE), and advanced materials & additives (AM&A) markets in France and Benelux. It … Continue reading Azelis announces new distribution agreement with Sun Chemical
BASF breaks ground on MDI capacity expansion project at Geismar site
BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, announced in July 2022. The company will increase production capacity to approximately 600,000 metric tons per year by the middle of the decade to support the ongoing growth of its North American MDI customers. The investment for this final expansion phase, … Continue reading BASF breaks ground on MDI capacity expansion project at Geismar site
Low-energy accelerated electrons produce antifouling coatings
Low-energy electron beam technology (ebeam) is a multifunctional tool with a wide range of applications that can be used specifically to modify surfaces. It can be used either to gently disinfect or sterilize surfaces, to harden materials in a surface-sensitive manner by means of crosslinking processes, or to effectively modulate surface properties such as wettability. Innovative surface-sensitive functionalization technologies guarantee the preservation of material properties, … Continue reading Low-energy accelerated electrons produce antifouling coatings
Evonik and Sabo conclude sale of TAA derivatives business
With the sale of its TAA derivatives business to SABO, Evonik is taking the next step in focusing its portfolio on specialty chemicals. The Italian chemical company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of light stabilizers, for which TAA derivatives are a raw material. On the sales price, no details are disclosed. The transaction was announced in mid-October, and the closing took place on … Continue reading Evonik and Sabo conclude sale of TAA derivatives business
Mipa Group takes over WB Coatings
The paint and coatings manufacturer Mipa will take over the business operations of Warnecke & Böhm GmbH on January 1, 2023, and will continue to manage the WB Coatings brand. Warnecke & Böhm’s product range and customer relationships will be organized primarily by Feycolor GmbH in Regensburg, which is part of the Mipa Group. However, the products will be manufactured in cooperation between the various … Continue reading Mipa Group takes over WB Coatings
Dragonfly Energy Granted US Patent for Dry Powder Coating of Li-ion Batteries
Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: DFLI) (“Dragonfly Energy” or the “Company”), an industry leader in energy storage and producer of deep cycle lithium-ion storage batteries, announced it has been awarded patent number US11,491,508 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent is for “systems and methods for dry powder coating layers of an electrochemical cell” and is a major step forward in … Continue reading Dragonfly Energy Granted US Patent for Dry Powder Coating of Li-ion Batteries
Showa Denko to License Vinyl Acetate Monomer Technology to Asian Paints, India
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) (TOKYO: 4004) has decided to license its technology to produce vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) to Asian Paints Limited, a leading paint and décor company in India , under a formal alliance agreement between SDK and KBR (NYSE: KBR), a global engineering and technology solutions company based in the U.S.. In addition, SDK will provide Asian Paints with catalysts to be used … Continue reading Showa Denko to License Vinyl Acetate Monomer Technology to Asian Paints, India
How the science behind epidemics helped physicists develop state-of-the-art conductive paint
In new research published in Nature Communications, University of Sussex scientists demonstrate how a highly conductive paint coating that they have developed mimics the network spread of a virus through a process called ‘explosive percolation’—a mathematical process which can also be applied to population growth, financial systems and computer networks, but which has not been seen before in materials systems. The finding was a serendipitous development … Continue reading How the science behind epidemics helped physicists develop state-of-the-art conductive paint
ALTANA AG acquires stake in technology startup SARALON GmbH
The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired a stake in the tech startup SARALON. The young company specializes in the development of inks for printing electronics. In addition, it offers prefabricated electronic components that enable printers to quickly build capacities for printing electronics. The parties have agreed not to disclose the investment sum. SARALON was founded in Chemnitz, Germany, in 2015. Since the seed phase, … Continue reading ALTANA AG acquires stake in technology startup SARALON GmbH
JK Cements enters paints business with acquisition of majority stake in Acro Paints
JK Cement on Thursday announced its foray into the paints business by acquiring 60 per cent stake in Rajasthan-based Acro Paints in a Rs 153 crore deal. Its wholly-owned subsidiary JK Paints and Coatings Ltd has entered into a share purchase agreement with Acro Paints Ltd and its shareholders to acquire a 60 per cent controlling stake in the company. The “remaining 40 per cent … Continue reading JK Cements enters paints business with acquisition of majority stake in Acro Paints
Arkema doubles the capacity of its powder coating resins plant in India
Arkema announces the doubling of its polyester resins capacity in its Navi Mumbai facility in India, reinforcing the Group’s leadership position in the global powder coatings market and its commitment to developing very low-VOC technologies. Arkema invested in the Navi Mumbai facility in early 2019 to expand geographic coverage of its high performance, more sustainable, low-VOC products, and to support its customers in their development. The … Continue reading Arkema doubles the capacity of its powder coating resins plant in India
New additive TEGO® Powder Aid D01 improves powder coating formulations in many ways
Evonik´s Coating Additives Business Line has developed a new, multifunctional polymer additive for powder coating formulations: TEGO® Powder Aid D01 makes the formulation easier to disperse during extrusion by promoting pigment wetting and effectively reducing melt viscosity. The lower melt viscosity also leads to better degassing, which aids flow and leveling as the formulation cures and prevents pinholes in the coating. Thus, the new additive … Continue reading New additive TEGO® Powder Aid D01 improves powder coating formulations in many ways
Evonik receives the 2022 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for TEGO® Foamex 812
Evonik has received the 2022 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for its TEGO® Foamex 812, a new defoamer designed specifically for waterborne coating and printing ink formulations. This new product is a perfect example to showcase Evonik’s sustainability strategy for the paints, coatings and inks industry. It focuses on a minimized environmental impact and a maximized handprint by enabling formulators to develop high performance and … Continue reading Evonik receives the 2022 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for TEGO® Foamex 812
Covestro signs major renewable energy supply contracts with Chinese producer CGN
Covestro is taking another major step forward on its path to climate neutrality. The company has signed several multi-year power purchase agreements (PPA) with CGN New Energy, including one that will cover around 30 percent of the electricity needs of the important production site in Shanghai. “Covestro aims to become climate-neutral by 2035 and is systematically converting its production worldwide to renewable energies to achieve this goal,” … Continue reading Covestro signs major renewable energy supply contracts with Chinese producer CGN
Siegwerk launches new TMPTA-free UV offset series for paper, board and plastic substrates
With its new SICURA Litho Pack series, Siegwerk offers versatile, low odor UV offset inks and varnishes for paper, board and various plastic substrates. The CMR-free series presents excellent deinkability properties and will replace the company’s bestselling SICURA Plast SP series going forward. Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, today announced the introduction of … Continue reading Siegwerk launches new TMPTA-free UV offset series for paper, board and plastic substrates
Nouryon expands global alkoxylation network with addition of plant in Singapore
Nouryon today announced that it has expanded its alkoxylation footprint in Southeast Asia through an asset purchase on Jurong Island, Singapore. The acquired plant will enhance Nouryon’s ability to serve growing regional customer demand in key end-markets including Agriculture and Food, Home and Personal Care, Natural Resources and Paints and Coatings. “This acquisition of a specialty surfactant alkoxylation plant in Singapore will enhance our ability … Continue reading Nouryon expands global alkoxylation network with addition of plant in Singapore
BASF launches first biomass balance automotive coatings in China
BASF’s ColorBrite® Airspace Blue ReSource basecoat, certified by REDcert² according to a biomass balance approach, made its debut in China. This is the first time BASF’s biomass balance automotive OEM coatings were introduced to Asia since the official launch in Europe in May of this year. The first batch of ColorBrite® Airspace Blue ReSource basecoat has been delivered to a customer in China. This basecoat product enables … Continue reading BASF launches first biomass balance automotive coatings in China
X-Rite Announces New Ci7830 and Ci7630 Reflectance Benchtop Spectrophotometers
X-Rite Incorporated and Pantone LLC, global leaders in color science and technology, announce the release of the Ci7830 and Ci7630 reflectance benchtop spectrophotometers ideal for textiles, paint and coatings, plastics, building materials, and home goods. Used as part of a digital workflow, the Ci7830 and Ci7630 deliver the measurement precision required to seamlessly communicate, share, and coordinate color-critical values and specifications across the supply chain. These … Continue reading X-Rite Announces New Ci7830 and Ci7630 Reflectance Benchtop Spectrophotometers
KANSAI HELIOS to acquire German Powder Coatings and Resins producer CWS Lackfabrik GmbH
KANSAI HELIOS signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% share of CWS Lackfabrik GmbH (“CWS”). CWS, with its group companies, is a well-known powder coatings and liquid and solid synthetic resins producer, with more than 150 years of tradition and its headquarters in Düren (Germany). After the fulfillment of closing conditions, KANSAI HELIOS will become the new owner of CWS and its group companies … Continue reading KANSAI HELIOS to acquire German Powder Coatings and Resins producer CWS Lackfabrik GmbH
Evonik expands SPHERILEX® family: new silica now available for deep-matte wood coatings
Spherical silica EXP 0002-1 is characterized by particularly small particle size and suitable not only for architectural paints, but also for waterborne, deep-matte and silk-gloss wood coatings. Essen, Germany. Evonik is launching a new product incorporating its proven SPHERILEX® technology. Spherical silica EXP 0002-1 is characterized by particularly small particle size and suitable not only for architectural paints, but also for waterborne, deep-matte and silk-gloss wood … Continue reading Evonik expands SPHERILEX® family: new silica now available for deep-matte wood coatings
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