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The Protech Group Reached an Agreement to Purchase the Assets of Evotech

Protech has acquired the liquid coatings business line of Evotech Peintures Industrielles.

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Nils Andersen Steps Down as AkzoNobel’s Supervisory Board Chair and Member

AkzoNobel’s Supervisory Board Chair, Nils Andersen, will step down to pursue new external board position.

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AB Specialty Silicones Will Distribute the OH Functional Silicone Polymers of Dow in North America

Dow has selected AB Specialty Silicones as an authorised distributor for the elastomeric roof coating market in U.S.A. and Canada.

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AkzoNobel Unveils New Capability for Bonded Metallic Powder Coatings in North Africa

AkzoNobel will now be able to satisfy the increasing demand of the region with locally produced bonded metallic powder coatings.

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Curtiss-Wright Acquires the Supplier of PEO Surface Treatment Coatings Keronite

Curtiss-Wright will distribute the Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation surface treatment applications of Keronite under its Aerospace & Industrial segment.

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Dürr Received the BMW Group Supplier Innovation Award

The EcoPaintJet Pro painting process of Dürr has been awarded in the “Sustainability” category.

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SONGWON Announces New Leadership Appointments

Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. has appointed Hans Werhonig as Leader Group Commercial and a member of SONGWON’s Executive Committee and Peter Schmitt-Freise as the new Business Unit Leader Polymer Stabilizer.

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IMCD to Acquire Speciality Chemical Distributor Parkash DyeChem

IMCD N.V. has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Parkash DyeChem, one of India’s leading distributors of speciality chemicals, serving the coatings and construction segments.

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BASF Inaugurated its Largest Surface Treatment Site in Pinghu

The new site will allow BASF to increase the production capacity of its high-performance surface treatment solutions in China.

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Axalta Appointed Chris Villavarayan as CEO and President

Chris Villavarayan will also join the Board of Directors of the company, succeeding to Rakesh Sachdev.

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Plasmatreat Presented the Expanded Management Board

Magnus and Lukas Buske will join the management board of the international company founded by their father Christian Buske.

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IMCD Joined the Together for Sustainability Global Initiative

Joining Together for Sustainability will help IMCD to improve sustainability performances.

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Evonik Partners with New Distributors for VESTENAMER® and VESTOSINT® High-Performance Materials

The new partnerships between Evonik, TER Chemicals and Biesterfeld Performance Rubber GmbH will ensure flexible and reliable distribution.

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MKS Atotech UniPrep Cleaners Win the 2022 Advanced Manufacturing Award

MKS Atotech has been awarded with the 2022 Advanced Manufacturing Award in the category of Best Sustainable Project for its UniPrep® long-life, low-temperature cleaners.

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Hempel Will Take Part in COP27

Hempel joins COP27 to push for an accelerated decarbonisation in the maritime and renewable energy industries.

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