09.12.2011
- Adjusting Accordingly - There is a growing public and political concern for the environmental impact and safety of paint and other building materials. In France, legislation has...
06.12.2011
- AkzoNobel has completed its acquisition of the coatings business of Korean SSCP. SSCP has a strong position in the Korean mobile phone market and also supplies coatings to the...
18.10.2011
- AkzoNobel has completed its acquisition of more than 95% of the shares of coatings manufacturer Schramm Holding. Based in Germany and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange...
04.10.2011
- Clariant said it is selling its polysilazane coatings business including the production site in India to AZ Electronic Materials (AZ) for approximately €4 million. Under the terms...
05.08.2011
- PPG Industries said Thursday that it and its subsidiary, PPG Colombia, have entered into an agreement to purchase the coatings businesses of Colpisa Colombiana de Pinturas, a...
28.07.2011
- Initial Steps- Even if early indications for the existence of carbon nanotubes (CNT) date back to a Russian publication from the 1950s, detailed research on carbon nanotubes is not...
11.05.2011
- Wireless Controls - Nicolas Delfosse, Process Engineer Surface Chemistry at AkzoNobel's surfactants processing plant in Belgium, explains why the lack of available I/O and high...
10.05.2011
- Merck KGaA resumed normal operations at the Onahama production site in Japan on May 8. Among other products, the Onahama site manufactures Xirallic effect pigments, which are...