Paint & Coating News

ContiTech has announced the opening of a plant to produce high-performance coated materials in Changshu, China.

• Coating
• ContiTech

According to the report, the global paints and coating market were valued at approximately USD 110 billion in 2014 and expected to reach approximately USD 145 Billion by 2020..

• Paints
• Coating

This week, the Chinese acetic ether market inched up. Up to May 18, the closing prices in East China were in the range of RMB 4,650-4,750/mt.

The Chinese rutile titanium dioxide market was largely stable. Though the raw materials, ilmenite concentrate, prices went down...

• Titanium
• Dioxide

PPG's automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) color styling team in China created two distinctive colors of waterborne coatings for BYD that the Chinese automaker featured on vehicles unveiled during Auto Shanghai 2017.

• Coating
• PPG

AkzoNobel has opened a Performance Coatings production facility in Santo André, Brazil, which will enable the company to be more agile in responding to local customer needs and regional market demands.

• Coating
• AkzoNobel
• South America

The Dow Chemical Company today signed two agreements to advance the Company’s strategic, innovation agenda in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) which will bring leading...

• Dow
• Coating

AkzoNobel’s ongoing efforts to make shipping more sustainable reached another landmark recently with the 1,000th application of Intersleek 1100SR

• Coating
• Sustainable
• AkzoNobel

According to the news, the butyl acrylate unit of BASF in the U.S. had to be shut.

• Butyl
• Acrylate

Growth in the European paints and coatings market continues to pick up pace. End-user preferences and regulatory requirements are shifting the market towards disruptive technologies.

• coating

Beaulieu Technical Textiles (BTT), member of the Beaulieu International Group, has featured its extrusion coating and extrusion laminating capabilities for industrial applications.

• Coating
• Textile

Fumed Silica is a specialty type of silica which consist of microscopic droplets of amorphous silica.

• Paint
• Coating
• Silica

In H2 April, the MMA market turned to be stable after the previous huge fluctuations. The primary market had been stable for nearly two months.

• MMA
• Coatng

Walls, furniture and everyday objects can be turned into giant touchpads with the help of a cheap coat of paint.

• Coating

As per Market.Biz analysis, by the end of 2017, global sales revenue of Paint & Coating market is expected to ...

• Coating

Archroma, a global leader in colour and specialty chemicals headquartered in Switzerland, has announced its latest collaboration with Patagonia.

• Textile
• Dyes

Micronutrients, an agribusiness that produces animal feed additives, will expand its operations in New Castle...

• Animal

On May 15, 2017, Coatings Industry published the World Paint Manufacturers Top 10. All the manufacturers were listed companies.

• Paint
• Global

AkzoNobel and chemicals manufacturing company Atul have formally agreed upon the joint venture partnership announced last year for the production of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India.

• AkzoNobel
• Atul
• India

A set of multifunctional UV-cured thiol-ene polymer resins was prepared from thiolactone containing monomers and different amine compounds. When applying the derived polymers to steel, the researchers found four beneficial properties.

• Coating