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Tim Wright
January 30, 2007
BASF Coatings Services GmbH will be taking over major parts of the company Autolacke Handel GmbH in Vösendorf, Austria. Autolacke Handel GmbH belongs to the Ludwig Christ Group. Autolacke Handel GmbH’s sales activities related to automotiv…
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Tim Wright
January 30, 2007
Extending coverage of the German market Hempel has acquired Lacor. Founded in 1989 and based in Merzig, Germany, Lacor is a leading national and international supplier of protective coatings and industrial paints. Lacor will be incorporated into Hemp…
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Tim Wright
January 24, 2007
BASF Coatings Services AB is taking over major parts of Billakksenteret AS in Lierstranda, Norway. Billakksenteret AS sales activities with regard to automotive refinish paints and non-paint products will be integrated into BASF Coatings Services AB,…
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Tim Wright
January 19, 2007
Pioneer Athletics is expanding its commitment to new, innovative synthetic turf paints and coatings as well as antimicrobial protection to its 22,000 customers worldwide through a new partnership with SportCoatings.
Under this new agreement, Pione…
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Tim Wright
January 18, 2007
PPG has acquired the architectural and industrial coatings businesses of Renner Sayerlack, S.A., Gravatai, Brazil, to expand its architectural and industrial coatings business in Latin America.
“Renner is a very strong, well regarded archite…
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Tim Wright
January 17, 2007
ShawCor Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Shaw Pipe Protection Limited, will invest $8.2 million in additional FBE pipe coating capacity for the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB).
This additional coating capacity will be added to Shaw Pi…
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Tim Wright
January 17, 2007
Chicago Metallic Corporation announced that Precoat Metals, a division of Sequa Corporation has purchased the assets of Chicago Finished Metals, located in Bridgeview, IL.
"The sale of our metal coating businesses will enable Chicago Metallic…
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Tim Wright
January 11, 2007
Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Inc., Glenview, IL, has agreed to acquire mould release and coatings manufacturer Franklynn Industries, Inc.
Franklynn will become a part of ITW Performance Polymers, an international business group of ITW. The company w…
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Tim Wright
January 8, 2007
Euronav has made an agreement with Hempel to apply Hempasil, the company's silicone fouling release system, to its two ultra-large crude carriers, the TI Asia and the TI Europe. The 380-meter tankers, which have a deadweight tonnage of more than 440,…
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Tim Wright
January 4, 2007
RPM International, Inc. has reported record sales and net income for its fiscal 2007 second quarter ended Nov. 30, 2006. According to the company, strong sales and earnings growth in the company's larger industrial segment offset slower growth in its…
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Tim Wright
January 4, 2007
The Coatings Research Institute (CRI) of Eastern Michigan University (EMU) has secured a one million dollar contract with the Department of Defense to work with the U.S. Air Force and conduct a variety of coatings research projects for the military b…
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Tim Wright
December 20, 2006
ICI is investing in a second emulsion polymerization facility in China, underlining its strategic commitment to 'aggressive growth' in the region. Construction has started on the $20 million facility at the Songjiang Industrial Development Zone in Sh…
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Tim Wright
December 20, 2006
Ciba Specialty Chemicals has expanded in China with an investment in a new production plant in Qingdao. The plant will manufacture high performance pigments and additives and will serve as a regional base for Ciba's coating effects business. Producti…
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Tim Wright
December 20, 2006
The Protech/Oxyplast Group, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, through its Belgian affiliate, Oxyplast Belgium NV, has purchased the powder coatings business of Flanders Powder NV, Wevelgem, Belgium. The deal also gives The Protech Group a participation in Ek…
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Tim Wright
December 13, 2006
Switzerland-based Sika has agreed to acquire DuPont's Protective Coatings business in Germany. DuPont's Protective Coatings business develops, produces and sells highly resistant coatings for flooring, concrete and steel under the trademarks Unitherm…
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