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PolyOne Promotes Joel Rathbun to Senior Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions
PolyOne Corporation, a global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has announced that Joel Rathbun has been promoted to senior vice president, Mergers & Acquisitions, reporting to Robert M. Patterson, president and c…01.05.16
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CPI: Building Specialist Pilot Plant for Production of High Value Nano-Structured Powders
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and nine other European partners are collaborating in the design, scale-up and build of a high energy ball-mill (HEBM) pilot plant for the production and validation of innovative nanostructured powders. These a…01.05.16
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North America Concrete Floor Coatings Market Size Worth 1.01 Billion By 2020: Radiant Insights
Radiant Insights, Inc. has recently published North America Concrete Floor Coatings Market By Product (Epoxy, Polyurethanes, Polyaspartics), By Application (Outdoor, Indoor), and has announced that it is expected to reach over USD 1.01 billion By 202…01.04.16
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XPEL Technologies Corp. Responds to Alleged Patent Infringement Claim
PEL Technologies Corp. acsupplier of automotive paint and headlamp protection films, announced today that it became aware that 3M Company and 3M Innovative Properties Company filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of M…01.01.16
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3M Files Lawsuit to Enforce Its Patent Rights in Paint Protection Films
3M filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal district court in Minnesota on Dec. 29, 2015, against XPEL Technologies Corporation. The suit alleges that XPEL Technologies Corporation's XPF paint protection film product infringes 3M&r…12.31.15
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FinishMaster Enters Into Agreement to Acquire ColorMaster Automotive Paint, Inc.
FinishMaster, Inc., a leading distributor of paint and related products in the United States and subsidiary of Uni-Select Inc., a leading distributor of automotive products in Canada, has entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all of the…12.30.15
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Evonik Constructs a Specialy Copolyester Plant in Witten
Evonik Industries is building a new production plant for specialty copolyesters at its Witten site in Germany. As binders for paints, specialty copolyesters are used in coil coatings and, increasingly, in food can coatings. The company is investing a…12.30.15
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Evonik Strengthens its German Sites
New production plants, modernized infrastructure facilities, involvement in research and development (R&D): This year, Evonik once again demonstrated its considerable power to create at its German sites. According to a recent projection, the comp…12.30.15
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Jotun Offers PFP Epoxy Coating System
jotachar JF750, the mesh free Passive Fire Protection (PFP) epoxy coating system for structural steel, is rapidly setting new standards in the oil and gas sector – in terms of both its benefits and sales volumes. Launched just two years ago b…12.29.15
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PPG Foundation Donates $10,000 to Bowling Green for Educational Event
The PPG Industries Foundation recently donated $10,000 to Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Bowling Green, Ohio, to support the Northwest Ohio Center for Excellence in STEM Education (NWO) “STEM in the Park” event. The grant was ma…12.28.15
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PPG Foundation Donates $16,000 to Youth for Technology Foundation
The PPG Industries Foundation recently donated $16,000 to the Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) in Louisville, Kentucky, to support the organization’s innovative programs that encourage positive youth development for K-12 students in underp…12.28.15
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Huron Capital Partners’ Valentus Specialty Chemicals Acquires National Paint Industries
Huron Capital Partners LLC has announced its specialty coatings ExecFactor platform, Valentus Specialty Chemicals, Inc., has acquired North Brunswick, NJ-based National Paint Industries, Inc. (“NPI”). Huron Capital formed Valentus i…12.28.15
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Pan Technology Announces Executive Appointments
The Board of Directors at Pan Technology has approved the following appointments, effective January 1, 2016: Robert (Bob) Rossomando to CEO of Pan Technology. Bob became co-owner of Pan Technology in 1988 and had served as company Presi…12.25.15
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BASF: Sale of Selected Assets to Tellus Petroleum will not be Completed
Following a request from Tellus Petroleum, Wintershall has consented to release the company from its obligations under the Sales and Purchase Agreement announced on June 18, 2015. Wintershall, a 100% BASF subsidiary, had originally planned to dive…12.25.15
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CCAI Chapter Donate Toys to Local Charities
For the past few years, Chemical Coaters Association International chapters have held events during the month of December to benefit charitable organizations collecting toys for children. This year the Southern California Chapter, the Central S…12.25.15
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PPG Asian Paints Launches First Waterborne Automotive Refinish Paint in Sri Lanka
PPG Asian Paints Lanka Ltd. announced the launch in Sri Lanka of ENVIROBASE High Performance (HP) automotive refinish paints – the first eco-friendly waterborne automotive paints introduced in Sri Lanka for use by the refinishing industry. Pres…12.25.15
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AkzoNobel Starts Up Packaging Inks Facility in China
AkzoNobel has started operations at a new facility for packaging inks at its site in Songjiang, China. The plant - located at the company's biggest site for packaging coatings in the world - will produce inks used in beverage and can packaging.…12.24.15
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PPG Completes First 11 Colorful Communities Projects in 2015
PPG Industries announced that it has completed 11 projects around the world since launching the COLORFUL COMMUNITIES initiative in May as part of its global charitable efforts, and it has initiated four additional projects slated for completion in 20…12.24.15
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Air Products Moves Forward with Materials Technologies Business Spin-Off to Versum Materials
Air Products filed an initial Form 10 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to move forward the previously announced spin-off of its Materials Technologies business, which will be named Versum Materials. Air Product…12.24.15
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BASF, Sumitomo Chemical Explore In Vitro System for Chemical Safety Evaluation
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. and BASF have agreed to collaborate on research into a more sustainable, in vitro system for chemical safety evaluation. Recent years have seen an increase in stringent regulations for registration of agricultural chemi…12.24.15
