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Industrial Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News | Powder Coatings
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings' first Cromadex center opens in Ireland
AkzoNobel and Carbon Group combined forces to open the first Cromadex Center in Cork, Ireland. The new center will offer industrial coatings customers an array of products and services. The Cork center features a salt spray and laboratory testing fac…09.12.12
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Adhesives and Sealants | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
H.B. Fuller acquires Engent
H.B. Fuller Company has finalized the purchase of Engent, Inc., a provider of manufacturing, research and development services to the electronics industry. The Engent business adds state-of-the-art development capabilities, testing resources and tec…09.11.12
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Automotive Coatings | Business Operation | Industrial Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
DuPont sells coatings business for $4.9 billion
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and DuPont today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Carlyle will purchase DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) for $4.9 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close…08.30.12
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Automotive Coatings | Color Trends & Forecast | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
BASF designers receive “red dot award” for presentation of automotive color trends
BASF Coatings and the design agency Are We Designer are joint winners of the “red dot award: communication design” for the design of their global automotive color trend book. The red dot award is a worldwide design awards. More than 6,00…08.27.12
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Automotive Refinish | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
BASF’s global automotive refinish training network is growing
BASF is expanding its global automotive refinish training network. In Hanoi, Vietnam, a new Refinish Competence Center (RCC) has just opened, with new training centers in the pipeline for the United States and Italy. The openings are influenced by an…08.23.12
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Business Operation | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
BlueScope and Nippon Steel sign JV for coated products
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…08.16.12
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Automotive Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
BASF expands automotive coatings production in Shanghai
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…08.15.12
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Color Trends & Forecast | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
Spectrum Press launches Colour Critical offset production process
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…08.15.12
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Aerospace Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
PPG Atlanta application support center earns Northrop Grumman supplier award
The Atlanta application support center operated by PPG Industries’ aerospace business has been recognized by Northrop Grumman Corp. as a 2011 Platinum Source Preferred supplier for quality and performance in providing coatings, sealants and val…08.14.12
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Aerospace Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings launches new website
Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings has launched a new website to assist aircraft coatings specifiers, influencers and users. It can be accessed by clicking on www.swaerospace.com. The new website is one of the most detailed in the aircraft coatings…08.08.12
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Business Operation | Marine Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
International Paint and Chengxi partner to enhance marine coatings efficiency
International Paint of Shanghai has established a long term strategic partnership with CSSC Chengxi Shipyard, designed to improve the efficiency and sustainability of their businesses. The two organizations formalized the agreement at a meeting at Ch…08.06.12
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Business Operation | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News | Powder Coatings
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings acquires South African JV with Freeworld Coatings
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings strengthened its position in Africa by acquiring 100 percent of a powder coatings joint venture in South Africa. After more than 40 years working together, Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Freeworld Coat…08.06.12
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Architectural Coatings | Automotive Refinish | Business Operation | Industrial Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
PPG and Asian Paints receive approval to expand India coatings joint venture
PPG Industries has received the necessary approvals from Indian authorities to expand its coatings joint venture and also to create a second joint venture with Asian Paints Ltd., India's largest coatings company. Financial terms were not disclose…07.19.12
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Adhesives and Sealants | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
Wacker produced its 500-millionth cartridge of adhesives and sealants at its Nünchritz plant
Wacker's plant in Nünchritz, Germany recently celebrated the production of half a billion cartridges of adhesives and sealants at the site since startup in 1998. The chemical plant in Nünchritz has a long tradition. “It was here…07.19.12
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Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News | Powder Coatings
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings receives Innovation Award
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings North America received the Haworth 2011 Supplier Innovation Award for developing its Interpon F2010 furniture product/technology. The F2010 technology is the next generation of coatings developed for Haworth's product l…07.18.12
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Automotive Refinish | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
The R-M Refinish Competence Center in Clermont to undergo redesign
R-M, a premium brand in the automotive refinish industry, is restructuring the Refinish Competence Center in Clermont, France. The European training center in Clermont is known as the home of R-M. The premium paint brand’s international color l…07.16.12
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Automotive Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
Dürr installs a total of 155 painting robots at Volkswagen in Bratislava
Machinery and plant engineer Dürr has installed a total of 155 painting and application robots at VW in Bratislava in 2011 and 2012. Forty-five robots are for a new paint shop at the Slovakian auto plant. Dürr has installed another 110 robo…07.16.12
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Business Operation | Corrosion Control | Industrial Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
Hempel acquires Blome International
Danish-based Hempel has acquired protective linings and coatings manufacturer Blome International of O'Fallon, Mo., through its U.S.-based affiliate, Hempel (USA), Inc. The deal is in line with Hempel's plan to significantly grow its protecti…07.12.12
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Business Operation | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News | Powder Coatings
Jotun opens a state-of-the-art powder coatings factory in China
Jotun, one of the world’s leading producers and distributors of paints, coatings, and powder coatings, has revealed the opening of its new state-of-the-art powder coatings factory and regional research and development (R&D) facility in Chin…07.11.12
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Green Coatings | Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
BASF’s Walltite Eco recognized at Concours Écoconception 2012
BASF’s Walltite Eco polyurethane foam insulation/air barrier was classified as a finalist in Quebec’s second annual Concours Écoconception 2012, an event which recognizes innovative and sustainable initiatives in the Province of Qu…07.09.12
