Paint & Coating News

Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India announced that in response to an application submitted on behalf of the industry by Manali Petrochemicals Ltd

• Anti-dumping

Between 8, 100 and 12, 000 gallons of a solution used to treat latex surfaces spilled into the Delaware River late Monday at a Dow Chemical Co. chemical plant in Bristol.

• latex surface

Wall Street investment bankers say a large number of chemical assets will enter the M&A market in the second half of 2023 as business conditions improve and funding markets stabilize, ICIS reported.

• wallstreet
• chemial assets

Extending the life of outdoor plastics helps keep them looking great and makes them more reliable and sustainable.

• titanium
• dioxide

Olin announced on March 21 that it will cease operations at its Cumene plant in Terneuzen, the Netherlands, as well as solid epoxy production at its Gumi, South Korea, and Guaruja, Brazil facilities.

• Epoxy Resin

Recently, Juhua Group official website published Zhejiang Juhua Co., LTD. 10kt/a PVDF project (Phase II) completion environmental protection acceptance monitoring report.

• PVDF

An explosion at the Ineos phenol chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas, US, on March 23, 2016, sent flames into the sky and smoke billowing into the sky, injuring at least one person.

• Explosion

The Japan Carbon Black Association recently released a forecast of Japan's domestic carbon black demand in 2023.

• black carbon

The China-Korea Keri New Materials (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. was established on May 27, 2021 as a joint venture between Satellite Chemical and SK Zhixin, a wholly owned enterprise of SK Group, one of South Korea's three major conglomerates.

• conglomerates
• joint ventures

Here's some of the latest news from the paint industry.

• Waterborne
• techniques
• Nanocoating

As an important derivative of cellulose , cellulose ether has the following properties.

• Cellulose
• ether

Recently, statistics from the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association showed that in the first two months of 2023, the trade deficit of Brazil's chemical industry was 7.4 billion dollars, narrowing by 8.7% from the same period last year.

• brazil

Recently, Mawei Customs under Fuzhou Customs seized 5 tons of falsely declared dangerous chemical "azodicarbonamide" in a shipment of goods exported in general trade.

• export

Cellulose ether is the powdered cellulose ether generated with wood fiber or refined short cotton fiber as the main raw materials.

• cellulose
• ether

Recently, the construction site of the new olefin material industry chain extension project of Qingdao Bay Chemical Co., LTD., was filled with tanks and roaring machines, just like a busy scene.

• olefin

On March 20, the listed company Wanhua Chemical disclosed its 2022 annual report, showing that last year, the company achieved an operating revenue of 165.565 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.76%

• chemical materials

In the Silicon Valley bank collapse storm, oil market oversupply and other factors under the impact of international oil prices have suffered. On March 14, the international oil price fell more than 4%, hit a new low in more than three months

• crude oil

The project covers a land area of 64,228m², mainly building synthetic resin production equipment (including synthetic workshop and filling workshop).

• resin

Consumption of epoxy resins is expected to increase at a high CAGR of 6.9% from 2022 to 2031. In 2021, the global epoxy resins market was valued at US$ 11.22 billion , and is anticipated to reach US$ 21.87 billion by 2031-end.

• Epoxy Resin

Up to now, the above MDI unit's stop production and overhaul have been completed, and normal production has resumed.

• MDI