PPG reports fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial results
Fourth quarter highlights include: Net sales of $4.2 billion, up 5% in constant currencies driven by higher selling prices Reported…
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Stunning and sustainable: Heubach launches Hostatint™ SA for luxurious wood finishes
Advanced solutions for tinting natural wood stains and oils Safe and sustainable with no need for special labeling Superior fastness…
BYK production expansion successfully completed in Shanghai
Ceremonial opening took place on December 28, 2022 Major step in BYK’s worldwide production strategy For BYK, a leading global…
BASF invests in the expansion of the polymer dispersions business in Merak, Indonesia
New expansion to provide additional styrene-butadiene dispersions to cater to the growth of new paper mills in Southeast Asia and…
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…
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…
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…
LANXESS and TotalEnergies to cooperate on sustainable styrene
Biocircular styrene based on tall oil Target 2050: Fully climate-neutral raw materials Specialty chemicals company LANXESS and French energy group…
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…
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…
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…
Low-energy accelerated electrons produce antifouling coatings
Plastic film with stable non-stick coating, manufactured according to the two-step low-energy ebeam-induced coating process "Ebeam-Grafting".©Fraunhofer FEP Low-energy electron beam…
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,…
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…
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…
How the science behind epidemics helped physicists develop state-of-the-art conductive paint
Assembly and properties of segregated network nanocomposites. A, B Schematics of the composite latex-GO dispersion and subsequently-templated film structure. C, D Atomic force micrographs of a…
ALTANA AG acquires stake in technology startup SARALON GmbH
ALTANA’s ELANTAS division and SARALON have entered into an innovation partnership in the growth market of printed electronics Products are…
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…
New additive TEGO® Powder Aid D01 improves powder coating formulations in many ways
TEGO® Powder Aid D01 reduces the melt viscosity of powder coating formulations Supports gloss development and DOI Versatile use for…
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…
Covestro signs major renewable energy supply contracts with Chinese producer CGN
Multi-year contract calls for annual purchase of 300 gigawatt hours of wind and solar power from CGN Plans to cover…
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…
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,…
BASF launches first biomass balance automotive coatings in China
BASF launches automotive coatings using renewable raw materials according to a certified biomass balance approach First batch of biomass balance…
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…
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…
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…
Popular Science’s 2022 Best of What’s New Awards Recognizes GLIDDEN Max Flex Spray Paint by PPG
PPG announced that GLIDDEN MAX FLEX™ spray paint and primer by PPG has been awarded a Best of What’s New Award…
AkzoNobel completes acquisition of Lankwitzer Lackfabrik’s aluminum wheel liquid coatings business
AkzoNobel has completed the acquisition of the wheel liquid coatings business of Lankwitzer Lackfabrik GmbH, a deal which strengthens the…
New additive TEGO® Powder Aid D01 improves powder coating formulations in many ways
Evonik Coating Additives has developed a new, multifunctional polymer additive for powder coating formulations: TEGO® Powder Aid D01 makes the…