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Business Operation | Industry News | Pigments
Heubach opens a production plant for pigments
Heubach officially opened a new production plant for pigment preparations in Langelsheim, Germany. The building comprises a total area of 2,300 square meters. On an area of 1,500 square meters, universal and water-based colorants will be produced wit…07.12.12
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Additives | Business Operation | Industrial Coatings | Industry News
Telesystem's Nanoledge sells its high performance resin business to Axson
Nanoledge, a Telesystem portfolio company, has sold its high performance resin business to Telesystem's Nanoledge sells its high performance resin business to Axson, a formulator of high performance polymers. Nanoledge is a startup focused on th…07.06.12
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Automotive Coatings | Industry News | Pigments
Sudarshan wins patent case involving its Sudafest 132 pigment against Clariant
A judgement was handed down by a European court in June that Clariant Produkte (Deutschland GmbH), a German pigment manufacturer had been wrongfully claiming that Sudafast 132 (PY191) infringed its patent. It was also held that Clariant had issued un…07.05.12
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Business Operation | Industry News
Huntsman completes acquisition of remaining ownership in the Russian PU joint venture
Huntsman Corporation has acquired the remaining ownership of Russian joint venture Huntsman NMG (HNMG), giving it full ownership of the company. HNMG is a supplier of polyurethane systems to the adhesives, coatings and footwear markets in Russia, Ukr…07.04.12
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Additives | Business Operation | Industry News
Elementis to acquire Brazilian coatings additives company
Elementis plc has agreed, through its wholly owned subsidiary Elementis Holdings Limited, to purchase Watercryl Quimica Ltda, a Brazilian coatings additives company, for $24 million. Watercryl was established in 1993 and is a supplier of additives t…06.27.12
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Business Operation | Industry News
Sachtleben to acquire the TiO2 production assets and inventory of Crenox GmbH
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. announced that its titanium dioxide venture Sachtleben has reached an agreement to acquire the titanium dioxide production assets and inventory of Crenox GmbH, based in Krefeld, Germany. The acquisition is expected to close by…06.13.12
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Industry News | Marine Coatings
EPA approves Lonza's Omadine antimicrobial agent in marine hull paints
Lonza has received a registration from the U.S. EPA for the use of its copper Omadine antimicrobial as an agent to deter the growth of algae and other foulants on ships. The registration covers the product's use in marine hull paints that are app…06.06.12
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Business Operation | Industry News | Pigments
Sun Chemical to acquire Benda-Lutz Werke
Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, have reached a definitive agreement to purchase Benda-Lutz Werke GmbH, a manufacturer of metallic effect products based in Austria. The acquisition would allow Sun Chemical and DIC to purchase 100 percent of…06.06.12
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Industry News | Pigments
Lanxess expands worldwide availability of Bayferrox 912 LOM pigments
Lanxess is now offering Bayferrox 912 LOM, the yellow iron oxide pigment manufactured at its site in Porto Feliz, Brazil, for sale worldwide. The pigment was launched on the North and South American markets years ago and due to its special product pr…06.05.12
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Additives | Industry News | Marine Coatings
Advanced Polymer Coatings and Reactive Surfaces form joint venture
Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) and Reactive Surfaces have agreed to combine the marine coatings technology of Advanced Polymer Coatings with the surface-modifying additive technology of Reactive Surfaces in order to offer an environmentally benign,…06.05.12
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Additives | Industry News | Wood Coatings
Perstorp and PTT complete the JV for the manufacturing and sales of coatings additives for PU industry
Perstorp has set up a joint venture with Thailand's largest chemical producer PTT Global Chemical for the manufacturing and sales of products for the polyurethane industry. PTT Global Chemical holds 51 percent and Perstorp 49 percent of the new j…06.04.12
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Additives | Industry News
Lubrizol wins Innovation Award at China’s Green Coatings Summit Conference
The Lubrizol Corporation won a Ringier Technology Innovation Award at the 9th annual China Green Coatings Summit held May 15-16, at the Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel in Shanghai, China. The summit is considered to be one of China’s most imp…06.01.12
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Momentive starts production at its VeoVa vinyl ester monomer plant in Shanxi, China
Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc., has started production at its VeoVa vinyl ester monomer plant in Shanxi province, China. This plant, a production joint venture with Shanxi Sanwei Group Co., Ltd., provides a second manufacturing location for VeoV…05.31.12
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Industrial Coatings | Industry News
Air Products' Airase 8070 deaerator wins Ringier Coatings Award 2012
Air Products has won the 2012 Ringier Coatings Technology Innovation Award for its new Airase 8070 deaerator, a high performance, siloxane polyether-based deaerator for controlling microfoam and pinholes in waterborne coatings, especially those appli…05.31.12
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Solvay inaugurates RD&T center in India to focus on organic and green chemistry
Solvay inaugurated its new research, development and technology center at Savli, Gujarat State, India. The center will focus its efforts mainly on the development of high-performance polymers, organic chemistry, nano composites and green chemistry. H…05.28.12
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Elantas acquires Marbo's casting resins business
Elantas Electrical Insulation, a division of the specialty chemicals group Altana AG, has acquired the casting resins business for electrical and electronic applications of the Italian Marbo Group. The casting resins business of Marbo includes produc…05.25.12
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Additives | Industry News
BYK Additives & Instruments opens new lab building in Wesel
As part of its global marketing and sales conference and the site’s 50th anniversary, BYK Additives & Instruments has opened an ultramodern lab building in Wesel, Germany. The facility constitutes 8,000 square meters of lab space and 130 jo…05.24.12
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Industry News | Pigments
Keystone bolsters product portfolio; expands operations in Europe
Keystone has introduced a green and blue addition to its line of surfactant-based zero VOC pigment dispersions—210-415-22 NeroTint Blue and 410-407-22 NeroTint Green—formulated for the waterborne wood and concrete industries. The NeroTint…05.23.12
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Additives | Industry News
Cytec initiates sale process for coating resins business
Cytec Industries Inc. has initiated a formal sale process for its coating resins business. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, the company's financial advisor, is assisting Cytec with the process. Cytec's target is to complete a transaction by…05.22.12
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Binders | Industry News | Pigments
Nubirox 300 series presented with Ringier Technology Innovation Award 2012
Nubiola has been presented with one of the most influential industrial awards in China, the Ringier Technology Innovation Award for the coatings industry. The award is in recognition of those individuals and companies who have introduced and develope…05.21.12
