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04LUG

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.

04LUG

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.

03LUG

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.

02LUG

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.

29GIU

Tikkurila Launched a New Line of Sustainably Packaged Paint in the Baltic Region

Tikkurila has launched a new product line with packaging that utilizes Post Industry Recycled (PIR) plastic in its Baltic market. Using recycled plastic reduces the need for virgin materials and lowers carbon dioxide emissions in the supply chain.

27GIU

Henkel Offers a One-Stop Portfolio of Process Solutions for the Global Metal Coil Industry

With more than 80 years of expertise in the metal processing/coil industry and an extensive range of process solutions for pickling, lubrication, cleaning, pre-treatment, passivation, coating and lamination, Henkel has firmly established itself as a global one-stop partner of the metal coil industry. New product innovations are strongly focused on helping customers manage the process needs of next-generation alloys while meeting cost and regulatory challenges.

26GIU

AkzoNobel and Icelandair Let Fly With Stunning New Livery

Iceland's rich and vivid history is being celebrated with colourful new livery launched by Icelandair, which was specially created using AkzoNobel products.

25GIU

Out Now Issue n. 26 of ipcm Protective Coatings

Although protecting onshore assets against corrosion can be difficult, doing the same on offshore structures is a real challenge, which can cost up to fifteen times more than maintenance at the factory.

25GIU

Casablanca Airport Given the Ultimate Protection

Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport is located in the province of Nouaceur, about 30km south-east of Casablanca, the fourth busiest airport in Africa and the busiest airport serving Morocco. The airport handled 7,290,314 passengers in 2011, serving 40 airlines.

22GIU

Future Mobility and Human Needs Inspire BASF's 2018-19 Automotive Colour Trends

The need to stay authentic in a world where technology continues to blur the lines between reality and artificiality is the driving force behind the BASF's 2018-19 Automotive Colour Trends theme – "Keep it Real".

21GIU

Clariant Inaugurates New Additives Production Facilities in China

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced the official opening of two new, fully-owned additives facilities at its site in Zhenjiang, China. This completes a multi-million CHF investment originally announced last year and puts Clariant's Additives business in China on track to further expand its offering of customized, high-end solutions for the plastics, coatings & ink industries.

21GIU

Croatian EcoCortec Plant Receives Best Supplier Award!

EcoCortec^® - fastest growing producer of anticorrosion packaging in Europe is more than proud to receive Best Supplier Award from its distributor company, Tribotec, Sweden. Tribotec chose EcoCortec^® as a result of its excellent customer service, logistics and short lead times.

20GIU

Major Upgrade Using Flexible Equipment

Eisenmann, the international plant engineering specialist, has been given overall responsibility for expanding the paint shop at BMW Group's plant in Leipzig. Within the scope of the contract, Eisenmann will convert the top coat line and perform reengineering work on pretreatment and electrocoating.

19GIU

AkzoNobel Completes Digital Colour Recreation of Famous Van Gogh Painting

Colour experts at AkzoNobel have completed the digital recreation of a Van Gogh masterpiece. The three-year project endeavoured to get as close as possible to reconstructing the original colour scheme used by the artist when he first made the painting.