Welcome Guest to Coatings World    Login || Register
Last Updated Thursday, May 23 2013
Print RSS Feed

Breaking News

Sherwin-Williams to acquire Comex

November 13, 2012
The Sherwin-Williams Company announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V., a leader in the paint and coatings market in Mexico with headquarters in Mexico City.  Sherwin-Williams will pay approximately…  Read More »
BASF to build emulsion polymers plant in Texas

November 13, 2012
BASF recently announced plans to build a new production plant for emulsion polymers at its integrated “Verbund” site in Freeport, Texas. The new plant will allow BASF to better serve the coatings, construction, adhesives, and paper indust…  Read More »
Dean Webster to deliver 2013 Mattiello Lecture at ACA’s CoatingsTech Conference
Dean Webster to deliver 2013 Mattiello Lecture at ACA’s CoatingsTech Conference

November 13, 2012
The American Coatings Association (ACA) has announced that Dr. Dean Webster, chair of the Coatings and Polymeric Materials Department at North Dakota State University (NDSU), will deliver the Mattiello Memorial Lecture at its CoatingsTech Conference,…  Read More »
ILAG inaugurates new building in Wangen, Switzerland

November 13, 2012
Industrielack AG (ILAG) inaugurated their new building in Wangen Switzerland. ILAG is part of the Looser Holding AG. The theme of the opening ceremony was “Getting Bigger – Staying Flexible.” ILAG, a leading provider for non-stick c…  Read More »
GNS Science and Resene Paints to develop cool-roof paint using nanoparticles

November 13, 2012
GNS Science and Resene Paints have teamed up to develop a high-tech roof paint containing nanoparticles that will be more effective than existing coating products at reflecting summer heat and keeping buildings cooler in summer. The joint project wi…  Read More »
KeyBanc Capital Market names head of chemicals practice

November 12, 2012
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. recently announced the appointment of Mario Toukan as head of the chemicals practice.   Prior to assuming this role, Toukan spent 13 years as an M&A focused banker and served as KeyBanc Capital Markets’ adv…  Read More »
PPG brings innovation to the classroom
PPG brings innovation to the classroom

November 12, 2012
As part of an ongoing community outreach program, PPG Automotive Refinish business development manager Steve Topczewski and elite painters Jeremy Seanor and Jason Lutton recently went to Hudson Middle School, Hudson, Ohio and spent the day providing…  Read More »
Frost and Sullivan reports on the decorative coatings market in Kenya and Tanzania

November 12, 2012
The mushrooming of housing complexes, office buildings and shopping malls in Kenya and Tanzania has escalated the need for decorative paint and coatings in these countries, according to new study from Frost and Sullivan. The new study, "Supply…  Read More »
BYK receives Altana Innovation Award 2012

November 9, 2012
A BYK innovation team has won the 2012 Altana Innovation Award. The prize was awarded for high performance CRP wetting and dispersing additives for sophisticated coatings applications. The prize awards technically outstanding innovations that are alr…  Read More »
Zero VOC colorants now available in all Dunn-Edwards stores

November 9, 2012
 Dunn-Edwards has announced the availability of zero VOC colorants for tinting. Zero VOC colorants are available in all of Dunn-Edwards’ 110 stores located in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas.    “While hig…  Read More »
Cytec to discuss advances in wood coatings at the Parquet and Furniture Coatings Conference

November 9, 2012
 Cytec Industries Inc. will be participating in the upcoming "Parquet & Furniture Coatings" conference organized by Vincentz Network. Bud Equi, Technology Director for the Crosslinker Business Team in the Cytec Coatings Resins Grou…  Read More »
Jotun receives painting contract for the Cairo Festival Center in Egypt

November 8, 2012
Jotun Egypt has won an exclusive contract for painting the Cairo Festival Centre, one of the largest shopping malls in Egypt, and the replica mall of the Dubai Festival Center, the largest shopping center in the Middle East. The total painting surfac…  Read More »
OMNOVA Unveils PLIOTEC HDT 12 binder for the formulation of anticorrosion paint

November 8, 2012
OMNOVA Solutions unveiled its new PLIOTEC HDT 12 binder designed for the formulation of anticorrosion paint. OMNOVA Solutions' Hydrophobic Dispersion Technology (HDT), provides adhesion and water resistance properties, making PLIOTEC HDT 12 one o…  Read More »
Wacker strengthens its presence in Middle and South America region

November 8, 2012
Wacker Chemie AG is strategically expanding its presence in the Middle and South American growth region. Consequently, the Munich-based chemical com- pany is extending its existing technical center in São Paulo, Bra- zil, and creating a new te…  Read More »
Specialty Coating Systems offers conformal coating webinar for engineers in Asia

November 8, 2012
pecialty Coating Systems will be hosting a free, educational webinar entitled “Advances in Conformal Coatings: Enhancing Reliability of Innovative Technologies” on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at 10 AM Hong Kong/Singapore/Kuala Lumpur time.…  Read More »

Receive free Coatings World emails
Sign up now to receive the weekly newsletter, and more!

Enter your email address:
Company Spotlight
• Shamrock Technologies, Inc.
Foot of Pacific Street
Newark, NJ, 07114
USA
View Profile
• BASF Corporation
100 Campus Drive
Florham Park, NJ, 07932
US
View Profile
Follow Coatings World On
Please visit our sister sites: