Paint & Coating News

BASF’s Coatings division won the iF Design Award in the category “Automobiles/Vehicles” for its functional paint technology for passive temperature management.

• BASF

PPG announced the introduction of PPG AQUACRON 200 and 100 coatings, which are designed exclusively to meet the unique challenges facing shed and barn manufacturers.   

• PPG

Benjamin Moore, the official paint of the Golden State Warriors, announced two additions to its Sports Colors Collection: Warriors Blue SC-01 and Warriors Yellow SC-02.

• Colors

The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., which features PPG DURABRITE coating, has won a Chairman’s Award for design excellence from the Metal Construction Association (MCA), PPG said.

• PPG

No damage is caused to the surface of the coating and none of the coating is removed – in fact the cleaning process makes the hull even ...

• Coating
• Marine

RSS, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dupps Company, said its Harmonite products have met all the requirements of the EuropeanUnion’s REACH Article33 “Substances of Very High Concern”communications protocols.

• REACH
• Harmonite
• Dupps

Ashland announced the relaunch of Instint, its color tinting service, as it goes digital.

Riley Surface World, an Aldridge, West Midlands, U.K.-based reseller, earned ISO 9001:2015 certification.

• Riley
• ISO

Ingevity Corporation said it bought Georgia-Pacific’s pine chemicals business for $310 million in cash.

• Ingevity
• Acquisition
• Pine

The Axalta Color Solutions Center in Frankfurt, Germany officially opened at the end of Feb. 2018.

• Axalta

Paints & Coatings market report is classified into trends, drivers, product types, applications, and opportunities analysing global Paints & Coatings market share and size growth during forecast period 2018-2023.

• Paints
• Coatings

AkzoNobel absorbed an additional €300m in raw materials costs for its paints and coatings division in 2017 compared to the previous year, the CEO of the Netherlands-headquartered producer said on Thursday.

• AkzoNobel
• Paints

Solenis International LP (coating company for Solenis) has completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares of Topchim NV (Topchim).

• Coating

Lanxess said that it is presenting its comprehensive product portfolio for the paint & coatings industry at Paint India 2018.

• Lanxess

BASF Refinish Automotive Coatings launched a new, completely mobile-friendly website with updated images and content, and unique tools, including an asset cart and an advanced product catalo

• BASF

Dr. Jonathan Goff has been promoted to VP of Research & Development at Gelest, Inc., and Dr. Youlin Pan has been named Senior Research Fellow, adding to his current title of senior R&D manager.

• Gelest

140 years after its 1878 founding, APV Engineered Coatings has evolved to become one of the nation’s leading manufacturers and engineers of niche industrial coatings and advanced chemical products for factory- and field-applied applications.

• APV
• Coatings

The Fire Retardant Additives (FRA) business unit announced a significant capital investment to increase production capacity for Martinal LEO fine precipitated alumina trihydrate at its Martinswerk Plant in Bergheim, Germany. 

• Huber

AkzoNobel announced the nomination of Nils Smedegaard Andersen as member of the Supervisory Board with the intention to elect him as chairman following his successful appointment at the Annual General Meeting

• AkzoNobel

The in-depth information by various segments of Global Biological Polymer Coatings market enables managers to monitor future profitability and make vital decisions for sustainable growth.

• Coatings