2020

16GEN

ALTANA CO2 Neutral by 2025

By 2025 the specialty chemicals group ALTANA will reduce its CO2 impact from production and energy procurement worldwide to zero.

15GEN

Eisenmann Thermal Solutions: Reorganization Successfully Completed

"Eisenmann Thermal Solutions" is saved. Insolvency administrator Joachim Exner has sold the business operations of the company to the strategic investor ONEJOON from Korea. Both locations and all jobs will be preserved.

14GEN

ipcm: 2019 in review

While we wait to find out what 2020 has in store, we retrace the most important moments of 2019.

14GEN

Trend-Setting Solutions for Sustainable Painting Processes

Digitalisation, individualisation and climate protection are megatrends which represent challenges for coating job-shops and companies with in-house painting operations. With roughly 500 exhibitors already registered at the end of December 2019, the upcoming PaintExpo will offer a globally unparalleled range of solutions from the 21st through the 24th of April, 2020.

13GEN

Cabycal Designs Two Liquid Painting Lines for Lauak Group

The French aeronautical group relies on Cabycal to provide new surface treatment equipment to its factories in Canada and Mexico.

10GEN

LestaUSA Brings European Robotic Technology to the United States

Lesta Srl has announced its entry into the U.S. market as LestaUSA to allow manufacturers to incorporate robotic finishing technology without the need for complicated programming or teach pendants.

10GEN

PPG to Acquire ICR, Manufacturer of Automotive Refinish and Light Industrial Coatings

PPG (NYSE: PPG) announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Industria Chimica Reggiana (ICR) S.p.A., a manufacturer of paints and coatings for the automotive refinish and light industrial coatings industries. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

09GEN

Evonik and LIKAT Achieve Breakthrough in Carbonylation Chemistry

A research team with leading participation of Evonik has achieved a breakthrough in the field of carbonylation chemistry. Carbonylation is one of the most important types of reaction in the chemical industry. It involves the catalyzed introduction of a CO group (carbonyl group) into organic compounds. For more than 60 years, science and industry had been looking for a way to implement the now successful reaction step.

08GEN

Europolveri Launches A New ESD Primer

Europolveri, which has been active in the field of anticorrosion primers for many years, especially with the 6L2800003T002 AP zinc phosphate-based primer and with the 6L4800003T002 HP, meeting the market requests, devoted its own research to the study and development of a new product.

07GEN

Presserv Holding AS, Majority Owned by Norvestor VII, L.P., and MONTI-Werkzeuge GmbH Have Joined Forces

Presserv and MONTI will continue their operations under their well-known brand names with their complementary preservation solutions.

03GEN

Conference Programme for StocExpo 2020 Unveiled

The conference programme for StocExpo, the world's largest and longest running international bulk liquid storage event, which returns to the Rotterdam Ahoy from 10 - 12 March 2020, has been unveiled.

02GEN

From Today, Applying 2K Coatings Becomes Even Easier

After the EcoDose 2K/3K, which are now a landmark in the automotive and industrial coating sectors, Verind has developed a new electronic dosing system dedicated to applications that require simpler functionality than those featured in the EcoDose 2K. EcoDose 2K Easy is born.