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06NOV

Ecoclean implements energy efficiency gains in an automotive production plant

At the BWM Group's engine plant in Steyr (Austria), in a reference project accompanied by the Technical University of Vienna, Ecoclean Monschau has significantly raised the energy efficiency of a flexible EcoCFlex Classic robot cell that had been in service for several years. The system's electric power and water consumption were each cut by around 30 percent. These energy efficiency measures are now intended to be implemented on another 95 systems of the same type installed at various sites throughout Europe and Asia.

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06NOV

Beijing Benz Automotive expanding production capacities with sustainable paint shop from Dürr

The new paint shop of Beijing Benz Automotive Co, Ltd. (BBAC) meets the highest standards for environmentally friendly production and air pollution control. The compact system design, the resource-efficient painting technology, and efficient exhaust air purification all contribute to this. What is notable about the major project, where Dürr was the general contractor, is also the speed of commissioning: the entire paint shop was launched in September 2017 four weeks earlier than originally planned.

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06NOV

Cetec participates in the restoration of historic building in Rio de Janeiro

Company's airless equipment is being used for painting the facade of a building built in 1946

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06NOV

byko-spectra pro light booth – See things the right way

BYK-Gardner, worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for quality control of colour, appearance and physical properties, is introducing the new byko-spectra pro.

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Out Now Issue n. 23 of ipcm Protective Coatings

The focus of this issue is materials with high chemical and mechanical resistance performance for bridges, infrastructures, pipelines and ships.

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Clariant and Huntsman jointly decided to abandon planned Merger of Equals

* Execution of merger at risk due to increased uncertainty of securing twothirds majority by Clariant shareholders * Termination in the best interest of all stakeholders * Clariant will continue to focus on its successful strategy to further strengthen its market position

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Beckers is the First Coil Coatings Company to Receive GreenPro Certificate

Beckers Group is the first coil coatings company to receive the GreenPro Certificate, a product certification given by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CIIGBC), that recognizes Beckers' Beckry®Therm paint systems as sustainable throughout their life cycle. The award ceremony took place at the annual Green Building Congress 2017, India's flagship event on green building.

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Hempadur Avantguard 860 challenges traditional anticorrosive coatings

Today, worldwide coatings manufacturer Hempel, launches its new versatile activated zinc primer, Hempadur Avantguard 860. This product combines best in class corrosion protection, at the level of an inorganic zinc silicate, with the application benefits of an epoxy.

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CE Certification Opens EU Market to Six Cortec MCI Concrete Protection Products

Cortec® Corporation is now certified to use CE marking on six Migrating Corrosion Inhibitor (MCI®) products for the protection and repair of concrete structures: MCI® CorrVerter®, MCI®-2018, MCI®-2019, MCI®-2021, MCI® Architectural Coating, and MCI® Wall Defense.

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Valspar Introduces Acrylicoat For Extruded Aluminum Products

Valspar Acrylicoat is a new, cost-effective, acrylic coating with a propriety resin system developed by Sherwin-Williams Coil and Extrusion Coatings. This new coating delivers a smooth, glass-like finish and an extremely hard surface on extruded-aluminum architectural products.

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Systematic optimization of the painting process by Freudenberg

New from Freudenberg Filtration Technologies: freely combinable Viledon® filterCair service modules for the improvement of painting processes

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BYK presents the industry's broadest additive portfolio for water-based applications at Chinacoat 2017

Chinacoat is evolving rapidly as a leading venue for the Asian coatings industry, and it takes place again in Shanghai, China from 15-17 November this year.

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AkzoNobel publishes Q3 2017 results & announces both changes to the Supervisory Board and an Extraordinary General Meeting on November 30, 2017

Revenue and volumes up despite strong headwinds; Transformation plan to deliver €110 million savings in 2018

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Intercept 8500 LPP a clear choice for cruise operators

There are few buoyant sectors in shipping at present, but cruise business is on a roll. There are now a record number of cruise ships on order with a total contract value of close to $50bn, and an existing fleet that is now larger than it has ever been.

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The new car paint Lexus spent 15 years creating

Lexus has launched a new colour called Structural Blue – after spending a staggering 15 years developing the paint technology behind it. But it won't be coming to high-volume Lexus any time soon: painting cars with it is so complex, only two Structural Blue cars a day can be made.

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