Evonik Specialty Resins.
Evonik Specialty Resins has been renamed: the adhesion resins
business will now be known as Tego AddBond and synthetic resins will now
be known as Tego . . .
Lanxess to use raw material for energy generation.(Industry
News)
Lanxess AG is building a cogeneration plant at its Brazilian site
in Porto Felize for the combined generation of steam and electricity.
The new plant, which will have a capacity of 4.5 MW, will . . .
Imerys acquires mica business from Zemex Minerals Group.(Industry
News)
Imerys has acquired Kings Mountain Minerals Inc. and Suzorite
Mining Inc. from Zemex Minerals Group Inc. These companies have two
plant sites totaling 100 employees, one located in Kings Mountain, . . .
Arkema opens 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate production unit.(Industry
News)
Arkema will open a new 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate production unit at
its Carling site in France to keep up with the strong growth of the
acrylic esters market. Due to come on stream in the fall of . . .
Rohm and Haas opens Asia technical lab.(Industry News)
Rohm and Haas Company has opened a new Southeast Asia Technical
Laboratory in Singapore. The lab supports Rohm and Haas' latest
efforts to bring new technology to the Southeast Asia market.
"Rohm . . .
Keeping the peace: embracing the divas, slackers, pushovers,
bullies and drama in your organization.
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Ahhh, workplace divas ... always expecting the rest of us to cater
to their every whim. And slackers, well, who doesn't just love
them? Constantly shirking responsibility . . .
FutureCoat! 2008: the theme of this year's event was
"Globally Responsible Coatings--Getting There From
Here".
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) held
this year's FutureCoat! Oct. 14-16 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick
Place in Chicago, IL. The three-day event, "Globally . . .
The adhesives and sealants market: how will decreased consumer
spending and the onset of a housing crisis impact the adhesives a
The adhesives and sealants market has not been immune to the
challenging economic conditions over the past year. Limited supplies and
rising raw material prices, coupled with a decrease in consumer . . .
7th annual salary survey.
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WELCOME TO THE SEVENTH ANNUAL COATING WORLD SALARY SURVEY! This
year's results are derived from more than 500 respondents from our
readership about employment attitudes, . . .
Elusive solar paint formulas seek funding.
Several researchers around the world have come up with what they
believe could be an inexpensive solution for solar photovoltaic power: a
common paint formula with embedded particles that will . . .
Green building the future: paint makers and their raw material
suppliers are key players in the green building boom taking place
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The booming field of "green building" continues to grow
even as the mortgage crisis has pushed the U.S. economy into a downward
spiral leading to a current construction . . .
The new "offshoring" could be the new
"backshoring": when will outsourced services and manufacturing
flow back to U.S. shores?(B
There has been and will continue to be consternation within our
industry regarding services and manufacturing being transferred to other
countries, a trend driven by less expensive labor and other . . .
West System offers 2-part epoxy in a tube.(New Products)
West System now offers the permanent, waterproof, gap-filling and
gluing performance of its two-part epoxies in a convenient
point-and-shoot package. This new Six 10 Thickened Epoxy Adhesive . . .
R-M Automotive Refinish offers Speedflash.(New Products)
BASF's R-M Automotive Refinish has launched Speedflash, a new
accelerator thinner. Developed specifically to complement R-M's
standard VOC compliant clearcoat portfolio, Speedflash . . .
Empils expands Rastsvet color range.(New Products)
Empils has extended the color palette of Rastsvet universal alkyd
enamel. It now includes five new colors-orange, beige, creamy, lightgray
and pistachio green. The range of Rastsvet colored . . .
New light/moisture cure conformal coating.(New Products)
Dymax Corporation has introduced Dual-Cure 9481, a conformal
coating that has met the requirements of MIL-I-46058C and IPC-CC-830B.
Dual-Cure 9481 is solvent-free and is specifically formulated for . . .
'Green' automotive clear coat technology.(New
Products)
Two Kansas-based companies, Premier Paint 2000, Inc. and C3
Technology, LLC, along with Tech Line Coatings, Inc. in California, have
introduced a waterborne clear coat (WBCC) on the automotive . . .
Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 spray.(New Products)
Zinsser has introduced Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Spray, an all surface, all
purpose primer aerosol spray. Ideal for small projects or hard-to-reach
areas, this 13-ounce aerosol features an advanced spray . . .
Quartz-Coat 845-Silver coating for halogens.(New
Products)
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Quartz-Coat 845-Silver is a new high temperature, opaque,
silver-top coating developed by Aremco Products, Inc. used to reduce
glare in halogen lamps used in the . . .
Weathering the economic storm: as the coatings industry prepares
for a sharp economic downturn, how will the market cope?(Intern
Coatings companies and their raw material suppliers in Europe are
hunkering down in preparation for a sharp economic downturn with some
already announcing cost cutting measures, including job . . .
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