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New Lightweight, Solar Powered Electric Scooter from BASF a 'Boost to Sustainable Urban Mobility'
BASF and Floatility have partnered for the development of an ultra-lightweight and solar-powered electric scooter. Weighing less than 12 kilograms and consisting of more than 80% composite and plastic materials from BASF, the scooter will give commut…03.31.15
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Stuart Lipskin, Carl Cavalin to Present at Eastern Coatings Show
Among the forty presenters, not including three breakfast keynoters and a panel including two NASA scientists, at the Eastern Coatings Show will be Stuart Lipskin of BYK USA, Inc. and Carl Cavalin of Hexion, Inc. The Show is at the Taj Mahal in…03.31.15
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Chemical Collective Wage Agreement 2015: 2.8 percent for 17 months
After nine regional and three central rounds of negotiation, BAVC and IG BCE have reached an accord in the wage dispute: remuneration for the 550,000 employees at the 1,900 plants of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries will rise 2.8 percent af…03.31.15
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AkzoNobel Takes Impact Valuation to Fourth Dimension
AkzoNobel has announced that it is exploring new ways of increasing business value by piloting a unique four dimensional approach. The so-called 4D method looks at the whole value chain and is designed to measure both positive and negative environ…03.31.15
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Mario Mehren to Head BASF Subsidiary Wintershall
Mario Mehren, currently a member of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall responsible for Exploration & Production Russia, North Africa and South America, has been named President of BASF’s Oil & Gas division effective July 1,…03.31.15
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Mettler Toledo TDL Receives Award from Frost & Sullivan for Competitive Strategy Innovation
Based on its recent analysis of the process tunable diode laser (TDL) analyzers market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Mettler-Toledo AG with the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Innovation & Leadership. Mettler-To…03.31.15
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Double Bond Chemical Low Viscosity UV Curable Oligomers Go Green
Double Bond Chemical, a manufacturer of photoinitiators and oligomers recently increased its annual output in photoinitiator production, from 4,500 tons to 9,000 tons, and its annual output in oligomers production increased to 10,000 tons. DBC’…03.31.15
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Breaking News | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News | Wood Coatings
PPG Acquires Specialty Wood Care and Paint Products Manufacturer Flood Australia
PPG Industries has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Flood Australia, which manufactures and distributes specialty wood stain and paint additive solutions for consumer, commercial and industrial applications. Financial terms were not dis…03.31.15
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Solvents
Taminco Launches Safer Solvent for Polyurethane Dispersion Coating Systems
Eastman Chemical Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Taminco Corporation, has recently launched TamiSolve NxG (NxG), a novel next-generation high-performance solvent with a favorable safety, health and environmental profile compared with NMP and N…03.31.15
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Sika Acquires Construction Technologies Australia
Sika has agreed to acquire Construction Technologies Australia Pty Ltd (CTA), one of the leading suppliers of tile adhesives and associated mortar products in Australia. CTA generated sales of CHF 22 million in 2014 and has 51 employees. The CTA plan…03.30.15
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Additives | Breaking News
PolyOne Invites Customers to 'Accelerate Color Creation' with ColorMatrixT Select
PolyOne Corporation has launched ColorMatrixT Select, a cloud-based liquid color selection and supply service. The new service combines advanced liquid colorants, Web-accessed software, and automated dispensing technology to offer a complete package…03.30.15
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Corbion Purac to ExhibitPURALACT B3 Resins for Solvent-based Coatings at ECS
Corbion's PURALACT B3 is a new, commercially-available, performance building block for the coatings market. It is a unique, renewable, raw material for coating resins with very high purity that enhances resin efficiency and improves coating perfo…03.30.15
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Breaking News | Price Increases
Oxea Announces Price Increase for Specialty Esters
Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on the following products effective April 1, 2015, or as contracts allow: Oxsoft TOTM (Trioctyl trimellitate) Oxsoft GPO (Dioctyl terephthalate) Oxsoft DOA (Dioctyl adipate) Each will…03.30.15
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AkzoNobel to Invest in Organic Peroxide Operations in US and Europe
AkzoNobel has announced plans to invest more than €20 million in its organic peroxide production facilities in Mons, Belgium, and Houston (Pasadena), Texas, in the US. In Mons, the company is introducing new technologies to increase efficienc…03.30.15
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OSHA to Hold Meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee for April 20-21, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The tentative agenda will include remarks from Assistant Secretary of Labor for…03.30.15
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Axalta Receives Multi-site ISO 14001 Certification for Global Manufacturing Facility
Manufacturing centers of Axalta Coating Systems received certification of conformance with the requirements of the ISO 14001:2004 standard. The certification has been accredited by Lloyd’s Register LRQA and is valid for three years. The certifi…03.30.15
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Architectural Coatings | Breaking News
Eastern Coatings Show Offers Special Breakfast Event
On Thursday, June 4th, 2015, the Eastern Coatings Show will host a Special Breakfast, in Ballroom B of the Taj Mahal, which will highlight Jeff Spillane of the Benjamin Moore Company as the Keynote Presenter. His presentation will be followed b…03.27.15
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Breaking News | People in the News | Pigments
Brilliant Group Appoints Director of Operations
Brilliant Group, Inc. has appointed Dan McClelland to its new position of director of operations to oversee its California manufacturing facility. He will be responsible for expanding the new manufacturing operations and is charged with oversee…03.27.15
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Breaking News
Experts to Discuss Coatings Defects & Ways to Produce Low-VOC Coatings at Eastern Coatings Show
Among the forty presenters, not including three breakfast keynoters and a panel including two NASA scientists, at the Eastern Coatings Show will be Stuart Lipskin of BYK USA, Inc. and Carl Cavalin of Hexion, Inc. The Show is at the Taj Mahal in Atlan…03.27.15
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Architectural Coatings | Breaking News
DuPont Titanium Technologies to Launch Ti-Pure One Coat at European Coatings Show
DuPont Titanium Technologies, the world’s largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) products, will unveil its new Ti-Pure One Coat system at the European Coatings Show (21-23 April, 2015, Hall 7, stand 7-736) in Nuremberg, Germany. &ld…03.27.15
