07.11.2016
- Major US distributor Azelis Americas (formerly known as KODA Distribution Group) is merging its GMZ and EW Kaufmann regional businesses for the coatings, adhesives, sealants and...
31.08.2016
- AkzoNobel has broken ground on a new powder coatings plant in Mumbai, India. Capacity details were not revealed for the facility scheduled to start up in late 2017. The plant...
03.08.2016
- With immediate effect, US-based liquid and powder coatings producer Axalta Coating Systems has acquired the business of Geeraets Autolak, a distributor of the company’s Cromax...
28.07.2016
- US coatings specialist PPG Industries has agreed to sell its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Mexico’s Vitro for around $750 million. The agreement will...
26.07.2016
- US coatings company Axalta has acquired the automotive interior coatings business of Michigan-based United Paint and Chemical for an undisclosed sum. Steven Markevich, Axalta’s...
11.07.2016
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro, which has a sideline in coatings raw materials, has expanded production of HDI, an important feedstock for its coatings portfolio, in...
07.07.2016
- Chemical production in the 28 EU member states shrank by 0.7% year-on-year on average in the first four months of 2016 and thus remained 5.9% below the pre-crisis 2008 level, the...
30.06.2016
- Major US liquid and powder coatings company Axalta Coating Systems has agreed to acquire Dura Coat Products, a California, USA-headquartered manufacturer of coil and spray coatings...
