2018

Covestro Receives Alain Clause Award for Environmentally Compatible UV Dispersion

At this year's European Technical Coatings Congress (ETCC) in Amsterdam, Covestro received the Alain Clause Award of the Belgian Association of Technicians from the Paint and Allied Industries ATIPIC for the best lecture on ecological and environmentally compatible developments. The award is endowed with 1,000 euros.

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PPG Introduces Next-Generation PPG ENVIRO-PRIME 8000 Electrocoat in China

PPG announced the debut of PPG ENVIRO-PRIME® 8000 – a next-generation electrocoat (e-coat) primer – to automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) serving the Chinese market.

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PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at the Mix Youth Centre in Stowmarket, UK

PPG announced the completion of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES project in Stowmarket, United Kingdom, that helped revitalize The Mix youth centre. The Colorful Communities program provides PPG volunteers and products along with financial contributions to bring color and vitality to communities where the company operates around the world, such as in Stowmarket, where PPG has an automotive refinish facility.

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DSM Launches Collaboration with Vepa to Drive Powder Coating Application Technology

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, has launched a collaboration with Vepa, a leader in project furniture design. The aim of this collaboration is to further demonstrate the value of powder coating technology as an operationally convenient and sustainable alternative to solvent-based liquid coating technology for heat-sensitive substrates.

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All Eyes on Record-Breaking Attraction Coated by AkzoNobel

Visitors to the Middle East will soon be able to experience the largest and highest Ferris wheel in the world – Ain Dubai (the Dubai Eye) – which is being protected by coatings from AkzoNobel.

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Drones & Hyperspectral Imaging: Complete System for Agriculture and Environmental Protection

Polytec, the specialist for optical measurement technology, introduces an innovative complete drone solution for hyperspectral remote sensing.

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New Datapaq DP5 Temperature Loggers For All Soldering And Coating Cure Processes

Fluke Process Instruments launches a new range of data loggers for temperature profiling in short and medium-duration processes in the electronics and paint & powder-coating industries.

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TOP 100 Competition Success: KRÜSS is one of the Innovation Leaders in 2018

The TOP 100 awards for Germany's most innovative SMEs have been selected for the 25th time and, this year, KRÜSS GmbH is among the innovation leaders.

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DSM Launches New Coating Resins Website To Provide Insight Into Performance And Sustainability

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, has launched its new Coating Resins website at www.dsm.com/paint with the aim of giving the coating industry a greater insight into the bright science and application expertise driving new levels of performance in coatings.

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Lumiflon FEVE Resin Helps Make Sustainability Goals Attainable

These days, more people are becoming concerned with the environmental impact an architectural structure holds. That being said, the green movement has been in full swing, with designers looking for more sustainable building materials. The coatings used on a building, though initially a detail that many inexperienced people don't look at, have a powerful and lasting effect on the environment.

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Arsonsisi is Colore Sicuro: Not Only Colour but also Value

Arsonsisi has adhered to Colore Sicuro (Safe Colour), the project of Assovernici created to promote the excellent member manufacturers, who share and support mutual values inspired by respect for their customers, for their products, society and the environment.

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Tikkurila Providing Surface Treatment Products To Finland's First Kindergarten With Nordic Ecolabel

Kenttäkatu Kindergarten in Hyvinkää is the first kindergarten in Finland to receive the Nordic Ecolabel. Tikkurila's safe and environmentally friendly products have been used on the building façade and in interior surfaces.

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A New Company Is Formed: SANITIZED Preservation AG - Expansion Of Global Expertise In Dry Film And In-Can Preservation And Antimicrobial Coatings

SANITIZED AG is pooling together its longstanding expertise in the area of antimicrobials for paints and coatings into a single company, the newly founded SANITIZED Preservation AG. David Tierney, previously Global Business Director, Coatings at Lonza AG, will be taking over the management of the entity as well as the expansion of global business relations.

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Radical Change: ISO 16890 Definitively Replaces Test Standard EN 779

As of July 1, 2018, ISO 16890 will be the sole internationally applicable testing standard for classifying air filters. It now definitively replaces the previous industry standard EN 779, which had applied for 18 months in parallel. This means a radical change in the evaluation of air filters.

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1R Arizona, The Latest Series Introduced By Europolveri

Europolveri recently introduced a new product line, 1R Arizona Series, as a further extension of its product range.

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