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New admixture technology to extend durability of concrete
January 20, 2012
Cortec Corporation recently launched MCI 2005 to protect reinforcing metal in concrete.
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Green Biologics merges with renewable chemicals and biofuels company
January 20, 2012
Green Biologics Limited (GBL), a UK-based industrial biotechnology company, has merged with butylfuel Inc., a US-based renewable chemicals and biofuels company. The new company will operate under the Green Biologics name and continue to be headquarte…
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Bayer MaterialScience builds multipurpose plant for coating raw materials
January 20, 2012
Bayer MaterialScience has begun construction of a multipurpose production plant for polyurethane coating raw materials at Chempark Leverkusen. The products hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) are used primarily for hig…
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Green Biologics merges with renewable chemicals and biofuels company
January 20, 2012
Green Biologics Limited (GBL), a UK-based industrial biotechnology company, has merged with butylfuel Inc., a US-based renewable chemicals and biofuels company. The new company will operate under the Green Biologics name and continue to be headquarte…
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Bayer MaterialScience builds multipurpose plant for coating raw materials
January 20, 2012
Bayer MaterialScience has begun construction of a multipurpose production plant for polyurethane coating raw materials at Chempark Leverkusen. The products hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) are used primarily for hig…
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Helene M. Senker Memorial Scholarship Award
January 20, 2012
The Metropolitan New York Coatings Association is now accepting applications for consideration in the selection of a winner of the 2012 scholarship named in memory of Helene M. Senker. The competition is open to any high school senior either of whos…
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Dunn-Edwards announces toll production services at its new LEED Gold-certified paint factory
January 19, 2012
Dunn-Edwards, a leading manufacturer of premium paints in the Southwest region of the United States, opened the world’s first LEED Gold-certified paint manufacturing facility last June, consolidating paint production for all of its 108 retail s…
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Rust-Oleum Countertop Transformations receives 2012 Good Housekeeping Very Innovative Product Award
January 19, 2012
Rust-Oleum Countertop Transformations Do-It-Yourself Coating System has received a 2012 Good Housekeeping VIP (Very Innovative Product) Award. Good Housekeeping’s VIP Awards recognize the year’s breakthrough products. The winners of the f…
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PPG opens color design center in London
January 19, 2012
PPG Industries' industrial coatings business opened its third European color design center, located in the Silvertown area of London. At the new center, PPG will work with designers and manufacturers to accelerate color design and prototype devel…
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Creative Materials opens new headquarters
January 19, 2012
Creative Materials, Inc. has moved to a new facility in Ayer, Mass. The move will allow the company to keep up with the increased demand for its products and services. The new site is more than three times the size of the previous location and will p…
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BASF increases its presence in growing African markets
January 19, 2012
BASF is increasing its presence in Africa with a new office in Nairobi, Kenya, to serve customers in East Africa and Sub-Sahara . “Africa is a huge continent with a wealth of raw materials and a growing population. At the same time, the dynami…
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Hybrid enters into exclusive licensing agreement for the territory of Canada
January 19, 2012
Hybrid Coating Technologies Inc. has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with its new partner Hybrid Coatings Canada Inc. (HCC) for the territory of Canada. As part of the agreement, HCC paid an upfront licensing fee of $150,000 to Hybrid C…
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Jotun UK invests £4 million in Flixborough site
January 19, 2012
Jotun UK has opened a new £4 million factory extension at its site in Flixborough where annual output of its protective coatings for the offshore and industrial sectors will increase by five million liters to nearly 30 million liters annually.…
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ShawCor to provide corrosion protection coatings for the Barzan pipeline project
January 19, 2012
The pipecoating division of ShawCor Ltd., Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value in excess of US$45 million from Hyundai Heavy Industries to provide corrosion protection and concrete weight coating for the Barzan pipeline project in the Q…
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NanoFusing LLC and Zyvex Technologies form partnership for nano-enhanced products
January 19, 2012
Zyvex Technologies and NanoFusing LLC, a subsidiary of APV Engineered Coatings have formed a partnership to provide nano-enhanced concentrates and products to the infrastructure markets and OEM industries. Leveraging the nanotechnology scientific re…
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