Keyword: Coatings

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A Game-Changer

27.07.2015 - Formed in 2007, Elevance Renewable Sciences produces high-performance ingredients for use in personal care products, detergents, lubricants, and other specialty chemicals and fuel...

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Valspar to Buy Quest Coatings Businesses

08.06.2015 - US-based global coatings manufacturer Valspar Corporation has agreed to acquire the performance coatings activities of compatriot Quest Specialty Chemicals. The deal between...

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Perstorp Enters Next Development Phase

05.06.2015 - Perstorp has been a well-known name in chemistry for over 130 years. Founded in 1881 as a producer of acetic acid and later formalin, the Swedish company went through an eventful...

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Brenntag and Hexion Expand Distribution Agreement for Epoxy Resins to Austria

12.05.2015 - Brenntag and Hexion announced an expanded cooperation on Epoxy Resins in Austria, effective June 1, 2015. The expanded agreement is said to strengthens the channel partner...

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BASF in Chinese Automotive Refinish Coatings Deal

24.04.2015 - BASF's Coatings Division has signed a manufacturing agreement with Guangdong Yinfan Chemistry Co, a Chinese firm that recently opened a new production facility at Jiangmen City...

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Huntsman Increases Specialty Amine Capacity

20.04.2015 - US chemical producer Huntsman has announced plans to expand capacity for specialty amines at its sites in Petfurdo, Hungary, and Conroe, Texas, US, by 2016. Financial investment...

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Oxea Extends European Distribution Pact With IMCD

14.04.2015 - German-based chemical group Oxea has expanded its European distribution agreement fir amines with Dutch distributor IMCD. At the beginning of April, IMCD began distributing Oxea's...

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New Reactor Ups Arkema's Brazilian Coating Resin Output

14.04.2015 - Arkema's Coating Resins business has expanded its acrylic resin manufacturing capacity at Araçariguama, Brazil, by 60% through the installation of a new reactor. With the start-up...