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Heraeus Noblelight opens new UV LED curing testing facility for North America
Heraeus Noblelight opens new UV LED curing testing facility for North America

August 20, 2012
Heraeus Noblelight has established a new UV LED curing testing facility. “With the increasing popularity of UV LEDs in the curing of inks, coatings and adhesives, we determined that formulators, OEMs and end users have a need to evaluate cure…  Read More »
Netzsch introduces Omega for energy saving dispersing
Netzsch introduces Omega for energy saving dispersing

August 20, 2012
Netzsch Grinding and Dispersing business unit recently unveiled its newest machine—the Omega Economic Dispersionizer—at the 2012 Achema Exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. In several sectors of the industry, successful dispersing, which is…  Read More »
BASF sells its German and French decorative paints business Relius to Prosol

August 17, 2012
BASF and Prosol Lacke + Farben GmbH signed a contract for the sale of the decorative paints business of Relius Coatings GmbH & Co. KG in Germany and Relius France SAS in France. The business encompasses construction paints and plaster as well as…  Read More »
Chemcraft expands distribution network for its wood finishes with the addition of Wurth Baer

August 17, 2012
AkzoNobel, manufacturer of the Chemcraft brand of industrial wood coatings, has expanded its distribution network with the addition of Wurth Baer Supply. With locations in the upper Midwest and the East, Wurth Baer offers a complete range of products…  Read More »
Painters District Council #2 opens $3.5 million training facility in Chesterfield, Mo.
Painters District Council #2 opens $3.5 million training facility in Chesterfield, Mo.

August 17, 2012
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council #2 (Painters District Council #2) of St. Louis, Mo., has opened a new $3.5 million training center. Located on 10.5 acres at 18036 Eads Ave. in Chesterfield, Mo., the 75,000-squa…  Read More »
PPG's window products featuring Duranar coatings awarded at the 2012 Glass Magazine Awards

August 17, 2012
PPG Industries announced that a new series of window products featuring Duranar coatings was among the winners of the 2012 Glass Magazine Awards announced earlier this month. The awards recognize the best products and glass applications in 18 categor…  Read More »
Researchers create superhard diamond-denting material that may be used in protective coatings

August 17, 2012
A superhard mixture of crushed carbon spheres and a hydrocarbon solvent is the world's first hybrid crystalline/amorphous material. Its creation by an international scientific team that included Wendy Mao, a Stanford University professor and SLAC…  Read More »
Verdezyne granted US patent for a biobased adipic acid production process

August 16, 2012
Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals from non-petroleum sources, has been granted a United States Patent for a bio-based adipic acid production process. U.S. Patent No. 8,241,879,…  Read More »
Valspar reports its Q3 2012 results; sees three percent growth in revenue

August 16, 2012
The Valspar Corporation reported its results for the third-quarter ended July 27, 2012. Third-quarter sales totaled $1.08 billion, an increase of one percent from the third quarter of 2011. Net income for the third quarter of 2012 was $86.4 million,…  Read More »
US automotive coatings market to grow at 2.7percent till 2017

August 16, 2012
Revenue within the US automotive coatings manufacturing market has been forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7percent over the next five years, to reach a total market value of $1.5 billion in 2017, according to new research…  Read More »
Invista to expand Terate aromatic polyester polyol production at its manufacturing sites

August 16, 2012
Invista Specialty Materials is investing several million dollars at its two Terate aromatic polyester polyols manufacturing sites located in Wilmington, N.C., and Vlissingen, Netherlands. These investments involve upgrades to boost global production…  Read More »
BlueScope and Nippon Steel sign JV for coated products

August 16, 2012
BlueScope and Nippon Steel Corporation have agreed to form a new joint venture encompassing BlueScope's ASEAN and North American building products businesses. Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) of Japan will be the world's second largest steelmak…  Read More »
Spectrum Press launches Colour Critical offset production process
Spectrum Press launches Colour Critical offset production process

August 15, 2012
Singapore-based Spectrum Press International, which prints color cards for coatings manufacturers, has introduced Colour Critical, an alternative and cost efficient offset production process for the paint industry. Together with the latest offset equ…  Read More »
Hempel launches high-solids antifoulings

August 15, 2012
At a time when the volatile global economy is hitting shipping hard, Hempel is launching high-solids versions of their Globic, Oceanic and Olympic antifoulings, which offer optimized features and stronger ROI the company said. The new versions, Glob…  Read More »
BASF expands automotive coatings production in Shanghai

August 15, 2012
BASF Shanghai Coatings Company Limited is investing in a new basecoat plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China. The new plant will increase the company's local production capacity for basecoat by 13,500 tons per year. Basec…  Read More »

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