Paint & Coating News

Saudi-based Middle East Paints Factory has chosen the Gulf Interiors expo, the Northern Gulf's established annual showcase for luxury interiors, design and furniture being held in Bahrain, to launch three new decorative paint ranges – 3D, Bella and Rita.

• Decorative
• Paint

It's not advisable to use a paint colour you don't know without trying it first. Don't rely on printed colour cards, colours on computer screens, the colour on the tin,

• Paint

A new surface coating causes water to bead up on the inner surface of a pipe rather than spreading out. This prevents the formation of ices that could lead to a clog in an oil pipeline or well.

• Coating

U.S. specialty chemicals supplier PPG Industries Inc. has renewed its bid for AkzoNobel NV, following the Dutch chemical company's announcement of restructuring plans earlier last week.

• PPG
• AkzoNobel

Innovation is at the heart of Jotun’s culture. The Norwegian headquartered business, with operations in 45 countries, is committed to an on-going programme of research and development (R&D).

• Fire
• Protection
• Coating

Global coatings manufacturer PPG Industries (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) reported growth in net sales and sales volumes in its first quarter, bolstered in part by a 7 percent jump in sales in the Industrial Coatings segment.

• PPG
• Coating

Due to the global environmental protection coating of the increasingly high demand, powder coating have become a hot product, also the VOC content of powder coating is low, easy to clean, usually easy construction than liquid ...

• Powder
• Coating
• Liquid

A major shift has taken place within the coatings industry over recent years – driven by the adoption of new technologies aimed at improving paint performance as well as sustainability and health.

• Middle East
• Dow
• coating
• painting

Axalta Coating Systems has introduced price increases for powder coatings in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The move is in response to a surge in raw material costs.

• Middle East
• coating
• Axalta

Philadelphia-based Axalta Coating Systems, the paints-and-powders company spun off by DuPont Co., says it has agreed to pay $420 million in cash to paintmakers Valspar Corp. and Sherwin-Williams Co. to acquire Valspar's North ...

• Paint

After the Spring Festival, the bullish atmosphere in the dye market faded away. Facing the traditional peak season of dye market, the modest trading sentiment still continues in the market.

• Dye
• Printing

The final numbers are remarkable: With more than 30,000 visitors from more than 100 countries and over 1,100 exhibitors the ECS broke all records. The organizers and most important the visitors and exhibitors can look back to a successful trade show.

• European
• Coating

PPG has announced that AMERCOAT One coating, the industry’s first true one-component epoxy coating, has earned a 2017 Corrosion Innovation of the Year Award from Materials Performance magazine.

• PPG
• coating

British Coatings Federation Offering New Range of Classroom-based Courses in Coatings Technology

• British
• coating

New TEGO Color Aid technology from Evonik expands the potential uses of pigment concentrates in paints and coatings based on alkyd resins.

• TEGO
• coating

BASF is unveiling Xfast Easy Color, the first ever solid color pigment preparation range for point-of-sale (POS) for the professional and do-it-yourself (DIY) market, under its Color & Effects brand at the European Coatings Show.

• BASF
• coating

PPG has opened a nearly $3 million expansion for packaging coatings manufacturing at its Oak Creek, Wisconsin, plant.

• PPG
• coating

Wacker Polymers is to raise its prices for dispersions and dispersible polymer powders in Europe effective April 15, 2017, or as customer contracts allow.

• Wacker
• coating

Axalta Coating Systems has introduced a collection of colors for its Alesta® Super Durable powder coatings.

• coating
• ICONICA
• Milan

Two New DIC Corp. Resins Delivered by Sun Chemical Creates Premium Look for Auto Interior Plastics

• coating
• DIC