Keyword: Coatings

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PPG to Buy Mexico's Comex on the Rebound for $2.3 Billion

02.07.2014 - In a deal that will help expand its business in Mexico and Central America, US paints and coatings specialist PPG Industries has agreed to buy Mexican paints manufacturer Consorcio...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chemistry is ... In the Name of Sustainability

06.06.2014 - Controversy And Competition - The Soccer World Cup from June 12 to July 13 in Brazil will captivate millions of people. However, such a big event is not without controversy...

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Vencorex Signes Distribution Agreement with Kadotoku

06.06.2014 - Kadotoku will focus on selling Vencorex aliphatic range of isocyanates to the coating, adhesives, sealants and ink market in Japan. "We strongly believe that in market like Japan...

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BASF Upgrades Photoinitiators Business in Italy

28.04.2014 - BASF plans to invest €4-16 million during 2014 to expand its photoinitiator production at Mortara, Italy. The cash injection is designed to strengthen the competitiveness of the...

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BASF Expands Coatings Capacity in Brazil

16.04.2014 - BASF has spent €2.5 million on expanding capacity for waterborne automotive coatings at its Demarchi site in Brazil's Sao Paolo state. The German group, which did not provide...

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Eastman to Acquire U.S. Laminating and Coatings Producer

19.03.2014 - U.S. chemical producer Eastman has entered a "definitive agreement" to acquire Commonwealth Laminating and Coating, an independent U.S. manufacturer and distributor of window films...

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Combining Performance and Sustainability

13.02.2014 - Formulating The Future - Decreasing availability of classic raw materials such as oil affects the coatings industry like any other. The European Coatings Congress in Nuremberg...

Strategy & Management

Urbanization as a Growth Driver

12.02.2014 -

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is expanding its global production network for inorganic pigments and building a new plant in China for the Inorganic Pigments...