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Covestro expands portfolio of resins made with plants to turbocharge sustainability in decorative coatings
Covestro, a world leader in coating resin solutions for the decorative industry, today announces the launch of an additional approach as part of its strategy to enable more sustainable, safer solutions for the decorative paints and coatings market.
22 October 2021Read more
Perstorp recruits Patrice Pinsard as EVP Strategic Markets & Innovation
Perstorp is excited to announce that Patrice Pinsard has been appointed EVP Strategic Markets & Innovation as of October 18, where he will drive value creation and growth focusing on Perstorp’s portfolio of specialty chemicals.
18 October 2021Read more
IGM Resins to ensure continued security of photoinitiator supply to the UV industry through its Mortara production site in Italy
IGM Resins, as the leading global provider of energy curing raw material solutions, today confirms that it will continue to supply its photoinitiators to the UV industry through its increasingly China-independent manufacturing site in Mortara, Italy. By contrast, many other industry peers will face significant disruption to their supply chains and manufacturing operations in the coming months, as China implements tighter environmental controls on energy-intensive industries.
6 October 2021Read more
BYK-3938 P: a highly innovative, post-add additive for matting powder coatings – label-free
The matting of powder coatings constitutes a particular challenge for the coating industry. In contrast to liquid coatings, only minimum shrinkage occurs during the baking process, meaning that conventional matting is not possible with powder coatings. In order to achieve a matt finish, it is possible to reduce the gloss by mixing various binders that are incompatible with each other; alternatively, the incompatibility of binders and special hardeners is used for matting. However, some hardeners are subject to labeling. This ultimately results in labeling of the powder coatings.
25 August 2021Read more
Perstorp Potassium Formate: now an EU-registered fertilizer
Perstorp Potassium Formate (PoFO) is now registered as a fertilizer, fulfilling the requirements outlined in EC 2002/2003. With this EU registration Perstorp makes it easier for farmers to improve both crop quality and yields as there is no longer a need for local raw material registration when using PoFo based fertilizers, like Amicult™ K 42.
18 August 2021Read more
Half-year results: ALTANA posts double-digit growth
Sales 24 percent above previous year’s level
10 August 2021Read more
IGM Resins confirms Omnirad™ 1173 does not contain any detectable levels of PCBs.
As global market leader in photoinitiators, IGM Resins would like to comment on the concerns raised by the market
20 July 2021Read more
Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical Public buys Allnex
Investor Advent sells resins producer Allnex to PTT Global Chemical Public Company for allegedly EUR 4 billion.
15 July 2021Read more