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Forerunner Chooses Bright Colours – Tikkurila Colour of the Year is K319 Flamingo

Tikkurila has announced K319 Flamingo as the colour of the year 2019. Tikkurila colour jury selected a colour collection that looks way into the future and brings "clashing and blending" from fashion to decoration.

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AkzoNobel Helps Latvian Airline Celebrate Nation's 100th Anniversary

airBaltic is flying the flag to celebrate Latvia's 100th anniversary after one of its new A220-300 aircraft was given a unique livery using AkzoNobel's aerospace coatings.

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Spectacular Twisted Mixed-Use Development Resembles Kaleidoscope with Lumiflon

The Light House Apartments in Melbourne, Australia, a joint project between Hengyi and Sixth Grange, is a 500,000 square-foot mixed use development that was designed by Elenberg Fraser. The coating system used to create such a unique aesthetic employ Lumiflon FEVE resin.

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: EcoCortec, Manufacturer of VpCI Anticorrosion Packaging Opened Second Plant in Croatia

EcoCortec®, manufacturer of environmentally friendly VpCI® anticorrosion packaging materials, has opened another plant in Croatia. The grand plant opening and ribbon cutting ceremony took place in Beli Manastir, Croatian town located in the eastern part of the country where the old plant is also located.

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Fiat Chrysler: The Still-murky Future of Brampton Plant, Even After Upgrades

Fiat Chrysler's Brampton assembly plant is finally getting its new paint shop, but the long-term plan for the factory, which employs about 3,500 hourly workers, remains unclear.

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Fastener Fair Stuttgart 2019 – The World's Leading Trade Fair for The Fastener and Fixing Industry

Fastener Fair Stuttgart is the world's leading exhibition for the fastener and fixing industry. The 8th edition will take place from 19-21 March 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany.

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The Waterborne Symposium: Environmentally Friendly Coating Technologies

From February 24 to March 1, The International Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium will take place at The Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, LA.

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PPG PITT-CHAR NX: The Next Generation of Flexible Passive Fire Protection Coatings

Patent-pending technology, formulated to achieve the most durable PFP solution currently available, is also noticeably thinner and lighter than alternatives.

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Clariant and Neste Join Forces to Develop Sustainable Industrial Solutions

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has signed an agreement for a new partnership with Neste, the world's leading provider of sustainable renewable diesel and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions. By using Neste's renewable hydrocarbons in its product development, Clariant increases the number of products in its portfolio that are derived from renewable raw materials. As a result, sustainable solutions become more accessible to a variety of industries, including adhesives, plastics and coatings.

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PHASCOPE PAINT: The Pen That Measures Coating Thickness

The latest member of the Fischer PHASCOPE® family is the new pen-probe. PHASCOPE PAINT reliably measures the thickness of paint layers on various substrates – quickly and easily. Small and pen-shaped, it slips neatly into your pocket, and it's designed to be simple to use.

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Out Now Issue n. 12 of ipcm Ibérica and Issue n. 24 of ipcm LatinoAmérica

Quality is the ability of a product or service to meet customer needs, requirements, and expectations. It is not an inherent property, but rather it should be defined, applied, and controlled. What does it mean to produce quality?

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parts2clean 2018: First-class Contacts, Projects and Contracts

The 16th parts2clean proved to be a complete success. From 23 - 25 October 2018 the 240 exhibitors at parts2clean transformed Halls 3 and 5 of the Stuttgart Exhibition Grounds into an international hub for the industrial components and surface cleaning sectors.

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Tecnologie avanzate di superficie per l'Additive Manufacturing

I processi di stampa 3D stanno rivoluzionando il modo di progettare, produrre ed utilizzare molti componenti, sia in polimero sia in metallo, per applicazioni nell'industria e nella vita di tutti i giorni. I relativi processi di stampa, basati sul concetto della "fabbricazione additiva" comunemente nota anche con il termine inglese di "Additive Manufacturing", si stanno rapidamente perfezionando ed i sistemi di stampa industriale sono ormai presenti in diverse tra le aziende manufatturiere più avanzate.

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FROSIO Certification Course

Paint-Inspector.Com is organizing a two-week FROSIO certification course. Created according to the FROSIO curriculum defined by the FROSIO Council. This is the first course of its kind to be located in the heart of Europe – Czech Republic. The course content and exam will be delivered in English language.

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Axalta Opens World's Largest Research & Development Center Dedicated to Coatings and Color at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia

Axalta (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, celebrated the official opening of its Global Innovation Center, the largest coatings research and development (R&D) center in the world, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The 175,000-foot Global Innovation Center offers unparalleled specialty labs, as well as office space. Its location in Philadelphia's historic Navy Yard enables collaboration among Axalta employees, business partners, and customers throughout the Philadelphia area and beyond.

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