Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
July 3, 2012
BASF has acquired ITWC, Inc., based in Malcom, Iowa. ITWC specializes in cast elastomer polyurethane systems and polyester polyols. With more than 80 employees, including business management, manufacturing, R&D, sales, and administrative function…
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July 3, 2012
BASF’s Coatings group inaugurated its Paint Application Center and an extension of its Development Laboratory at the production site in Tultitlán, Mexico. It aims to strengthen the technical support for the automotive industry and to dev…
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July 2, 2012
Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned, engineering, R&D, IT and operational solutions company, provided a protective coating to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon capsule for its first flight to the International Space Stati…
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July 2, 2012
ShawCor Ltd. announced that its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value in excess $100 million from McDermott Australia Pty. Ltd. to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the flowlines and ti…
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June 29, 2012
Benjamin Moore & Co. announced that Robert S. (Bob) Merritt was named chief executive officer and president of the paint manufacturer, replacing Denis Abrams who headed the company for seven years.
“Benjamin Moore is an icon of American in…
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June 29, 2012
Fortech Products, Inc., a provider of corrosion-resistant coatings, metal-forming lubricants and contract packaging services for the auto industry, is expanding its production, laboratory and office facilities in Michigan.
The company recently moved…
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June 29, 2012
PPG Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding with Henan Billions Chemicals Co., Ltd. by which PPG will license certain chloride-based technologies to Billions for use at Billions' titanium dioxide (TiO2) refinement facilities in China.…
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June 28, 2012
Reactive Surfaces, Austin, Texas, has been selected from over 70 aerospace companies as one of ten finalists for the 2102 New Space business plan competition by the Space Frontier Foundation, for its submission of a project concept company called Exo…
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June 28, 2012
As part of its continuing efforts to address the growing needs and demands of the Middle East region’s Oil & Gas segment and general pipeline industries, Jotun Powder Coatings, has revealed a strategic move to expand its current pipeline co…
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June 26, 2012
Reactive Surfaces of Austin, Texas will open the doors of its new coatings manufacturing plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi starting July 2012. The company will maintain its corporate headquarters in Austin, and continue to build its bio-based additiv…
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June 25, 2012
Having to replace parts of industrial equipment is a very costly and time-consuming matter. These costs and the lost time can, however, be reduced by repairing, maintaining and protecting the parts. In its newly opened Competence Center for Coatings…
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June 22, 2012
SLIPS technology, developed by the lab of Joanna Aizenberg, has transformative potential for everyday life. A novel coating that repels almost every type of liquid and solid, from blood and crude oil to ice and bacteria, has received a 2012 R&D 1…
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June 21, 2012
Work on a new £100m manufacturing plant in the North East is underway following a groundbreaking ceremony held today.
The world-class high-tech manufacturing facility will become the heart of AkzoNobel’s UK Decorative Paints operations,…
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June 21, 2012
The automotive coatings group of BASF announced that General Motors has transitioned to BASF’s CathoGuard 800 cathodic e-coat at several of its automotive plants throughout the world including Russia, China, Brazil, and North America.
CathoGua…
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June 21, 2012
Along with numerous projects in the emerging markets, Dürr has recently received an order for the construction of an automotive paint shop in France. In the first quarter of 2012, Smart France SAS ordered a top coat line for their plant in Hamba…
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