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Changes in the Management of ALTANA's BYK Division

Dr. Stephan Glander, President of ALTANA's BYK division, is leaving the company by mutual agreement in order to take up new challenges outside the ALTANA Group. For the next months, he will support the ALTANA Management Board in a strategic consulting role.

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Quaker Houghton to Strengthen Portfolio and Capabilities with Acquisition of Norman Hay plc

Quaker Houghton (NYSE: KWR) has announced it has agreed to acquire the operating divisions of Norman Hay plc, a private UK company with a strong global presence that provides specialty chemicals, operating equipment, and services to industrial end markets.

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Gutmann AG: Two Aluminium Profile Coating Lines to Improve its Time to Market and Expand its Production of Architectural Systems

Based in Weiβenburg, the Gutmann Group has specialised for eighty-five years in the production and sale of aluminium architectural systems and custom aluminium profiles for several different industrial sectors. When the company needed a second, high-productivity coating line, they chose a vertical system by Trasmetal, with last generation MS Powder System booths.

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Revolutionary Innovation: Teknos Cooperates with Major Brands in Developing A Recyclable Paper Bottle

One of Europe's leading suppliers of industrial coatings, Teknos, is shaping a sustainable future by contributing to the making of a fully bio-based and recyclable bottle. Teknos has a key role in developing a revolutionary paper bottle together with major international brands and experts in material, design and technology such as Coca-Cola, Carlsberg, L'Oréal and Absolut. A long-term innovation project run by Paboco®, the paper bottle company, was presented in Copenhagen.

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AkzoNobel Introduces Trio of Digital Colour Matching Tools for Industrial Markets

Customers who rely on super-accurate and effortless colour matching and retrieval can now take advantage of three new digital tools for the industrial sector introduced by AkzoNobel. They all work with the Salcomix system, an on-site facility which enables customers to mix paint on demand with superior colour accuracy.

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Hempel Appoints New Head of Protective & Industrial Businesses

As of 1 October, Martin Wiese is leading the protective and industrial business areas for worldwide coatings manufacturer Hempel. These two business segments deliver around half of Hempel's total turnover and this senior appointment is key to Hempel's continued drive to become a EUR 3 billion company.

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BASF Expands Production Capacity for Neopentylglycol

BASF has increased the capacity of its neopentyl glycol (NPG) plant at the Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, by 10,000 metric tons per year.

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BASF 3D Printing Solutions Presents Cutting-Edge Manufacturing Solutions at K 2019

BASF 3D Printing Solutions (B3DPS) will be exhibiting for the second time at K 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany. At the world's biggest trade show for plastics and rubber industry, B3DPS will be welcoming visitors from October 16 through 23 at the BASF SE stand C21/D21 in Hall 5 and presenting its extensive portfolio of 3D printing materials and service solutions aiming at enabling industrial additive manufacturing at scale.

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CEPE Appoints a New Managing Director

CEPE, the European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry, with some 800 members across Europe, has appointed Christel Davidson as Managing director per March 2020.

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AkzoNobel's New Awlgrip Single-Stage Topcoat Makes Life a Breeze for Yacht Owners

Navigating the process of yacht care and maintenance just got a whole lot easier following the launch of Awlgrip HDT (High Definition Technology), a new single-stage repairable topcoat from AkzoNobel.

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September in Review

The new digital era of ipcm®.

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Single Aerosol Coating System Meets Offshore Maintenance Challenge for Asset Owners

A two-component product packed in a one time-saving easy-to-use aerosol from Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings solves the challenge faced by O&G offshore asset owners on difficult short-term steelwork maintenance projects.

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Five on Five Interview: Sustainability According to the Industry Players

For the second instalment of the 5 on 5 Interview on Sustainability, we asked AkzoNobel, BASF, Evonik, Perstorp and PPG to tell us more about their sustainability journey towards a greener and healthier environment for everyone.

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High-Temperature Drying of Flame Retardants in Industrial Scale

In the production of flame retardants, a low residual water content in the ppm range plays a decisive role. AVA has developed a flame-retardant dryer that enables the reliable and efficient production of flame retardants in batch sizes up to 20.000 litres.

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Internal Linings Saved by Corrosion Resistant Coatings

The process of extracting and processing uranium can present many challenges. Machinery and equipment are exposed to environments during production, which over time can cause damage and lead to shutdowns.

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