Safic-Alcan and Evonik Strengthen Their Partnership in Coating Additives

Safic-Alcan, an international specialty chemicals distributor, is pleased to announce the extension of its partnership with Evonik to new products and new territories, effective immediately.

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Nouryon Launches Improved Vanishing Red Peroxide for the Composites Market

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) unveiled a new version of its Butanox M-50 Vanishing Red peroxide at JEC World, a leading trade event for the composites market.

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BASF Expands Innovation Scope in Asia Pacific With New Facilities and New Solutions

BASF is enhancing its regional innovation capabilities with new facilities at the Innovation Campus Shanghai, to further strengthen collaboration with the automotive industry and to offer new process catalysts to the chemical industry. With an investment of approximately €34 million, the new 5,000-square-meter facilities include the Automotive Application Center and the Process Catalysis Research & Development (R&D) Center.

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Out Now Issue n. 56 of ipcm International Paint&Coating Magazine – Special on Architecture & Design

Although the media describe the global industrial situation gloomily, with recession forecasts for all major world economic powers, we have found a dynamic and confident atmosphere during our first visits of the year to several surface treatment companies.

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MES and Analytics by Dürr – Synchronicity and Networking in Plant Engineering

By adding IIoT-technologies to the existing unique combination of plant engineering and MES, Dürr enhances its software portfolio with intelligent analytics functionalities. Real-time information and control facilitate powerful algorithms to redefine the borders of today's production landscape.

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New Cortec Additive Enhances Corrosion Protection of Water-Based Coatings Systems

Formulators looking to enhance the corrosion protection of increasingly popular water-based coatings systems can now use Cortec's M-120, a water-based corrosion inhibitor additive that does not contain heavy metals.

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Positive Development for Hempel in 2018: Industrial Transformation to Continue Unabated in 2019

Global coatings company Hempel delivered strong organic growth in the final quarter of 2018 and doubled its decorative business in Europe by acquiring J.W. Ostendorf. It is now well-placed to lead the consolidation of the global coatings industry.

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Dynasylan SIVO 140 and SILIKOPON EF – The Perfect Team for Eco-Friendly Corrosion Protection Systems

Rust is everywhere – and protecting structures from corrosion is a common challenge. Experts estimate that one-third of all iron and steel products manufactured worldwide in a year are used to replace corroded structural components. The economic damage, therefore, is enormous.

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HMG Paints Launch Revolutionary CV Topcoat Acrythane 4G

HMG Paints Ltd, the UK's largest Independent paint manufacturer, has announced the launch of a revolutionary, one visit application, commercial vehicle topcoat.

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AkzoNobel Opens Ground-Breaking R&D Innovation Campus

A trailblazing lab complex which can test new products in conditions that mimic the world's most extreme environments has been officially opened today by AkzoNobel in the UK.

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Mankiewicz Relies on Coating Hardeners from the Ultra Line of Covestro

For its Alexit® coating systems, the Hamburg-based coatings manufacturer Mankiewicz Gebr. & Co. KG uses hardeners from Covestro, which are setting new standards in occupational safety. The Bayhydur® ultra products used are part of the ultra line and contain less than 0.1 percent by weight of residual monomers.

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Nouryon to Invest in New US Plant for Expandable Microspheres

Nouryon has selected a location in the US for a world-scale polymerization plant for its Expancel expandable microspheres. The project will significantly strengthen the company's leadership position in expandable microspheres, which are used to make customers' end products lighter and reduce costs.

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Abrafati e NürnbergMesse Brasil firmam aliança estratégica

A partir deste ano, a ABRAFATI e a NürnbergMesse iniciam um trabalho em parceria para a realização do Congresso Internacional de Tintas e da Exposição Internacional de Fornecedores para Tintas – neste ano englobados na ABRAFATI 2019, a ocorrer no São Paulo Expo de 01 a 03 de outubro.

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Atlas Eletrodomésticos: WAGNER Enamel Coating Booth Doubled Production Capacity and Provides Aesthetically-Pleasing Surfaces

Domestic appliance parts must fulfil the highest requirements in terms of quality, visual and protective aspects – especially when it comes to heat-resistant enamel coating. Since December 2015, an enamel coating unit from WAGNER accounts for high-quality and high protective coating results at Atlas Eletrodomésticos in Pato Branco (Brazil).

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