Paint & Coating News

A project to invest 320 million yuan in a 100,000-tonne-a-year paint production plant will be put into operation.

• annual production

The accelerated distribution of enterprises will lead to oversupply.

• PBAT
• oversupply

After the National Day holiday in October, the center of gravity of the Shandong n-butanol market is approaching upward.

• n-butanol
• raw material

Following the lead of the lithium battery industry, titanium dioxide industry leaders will continue to focus on the epitaxial layout of the vanadium battery industry chain.

• titanium
• lithium battery

As part of a global innovation network, the lab will enable BASF's global and regional teams to work closely with local customers on testing and optimizing formulations

• BASF
• polyurethane

Domestic chemical market high fall. The Chemical Products Price Index (CCPI) closed at 5,169 points in the week ended October 14, down 1.8%.

• domestic
• CCPI

​Arkema recently introduced a new range of recyclable high-performance polyamides. Partially or fully recycled Rilsan Polyamide 11, Rilsamid Polyamide 12 and Pebax polymers produced under Arkema's Virtucycle program at custom recycling centers in Italy.

• Arkema
• recyclable
• polyamides

The capacity expansion will meet the growing market demand for architectural paint additives. New capacity in Europe will enhance product supply security in the region and globally.

• Evonik
• architectural coating

According to a new research report by Global Market Insights Inc., the Global Intensive Fireproofing Coatings Market is expected to reach $1.56 billion by 2028.

• fireproof
• fragramce-based

Europe's energy crisis, Europe's natural gas-based chemical plants are due to the high cost of a significant reduction in production, affecting TDI, propylene oxide, titanium dioxide, PVC, acrylic acid, carbon black, silicones and other

• Chemical Industry
• chemical raw material
• china market trend

The cooperative team studied the antifouling efficacy of natural product-based antifouling coatings on six kinds of commonly used Marine sensor metal and non-metal materials through long-term sea experiments in the subtropical sea areas of Xiamen.

• nonmetal materials

The purpose of choosing epoxy floor coating is to meet the coating performance requirements of various products, reflect the aesthetic feeling of art and decoration, and the coordination with the environment and economic benefits.

Nippon has been listed in the Top 500 Asian Brands list published by World Brand Lab for 17 consecutive years, becoming the only paint brand listed in 2022.

• nippon paint

Lanxess is increasing the price of inorganic pigments worldwide。

• Lanxess
• price

The outlook for the global chemical industry for the remainder of the year is not clear.

• market trends

European chemicals costing and selling at significantly higher prices than China domestic ones, giving Chinese chemicals the opportunity to export energy arbitrage, and caprolactam (CPL) and PA6 are no exception.

• Caprolactam market
• Chemical Industry

Part of the optimization of the portfolio of the Customized Polyurethanes Business Unit.

• Chemical Industry
• chemical company

The Asian polypropylene market is already oversupplied, and polypropylene capacity in China will continue to expand in the second half of the year and beyond.

• Polypropylene
• Polypropylene market
• polypropylene trend

Starting from the end of August, with the recent contract goods out one after another, acetone quotations continued to push up. As of September 19, East China market acetone prices rose to 5400 ~ 5500 yuan (ton price, the same below)

• Acetone
• phenol acetone
• china market trend

On September 14, Radici Group (Lentici, Italy) announced that the production of resin and adipic acid at its plant in Novara, Italy, was affected by force majeure and temporarily shut down two PA66 production units at the plant.

• Nylon
• Chemical Industry
• PA66PBT