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Court Logo On November 23, the European Court of Justice ruled that titanium dioxide in a powder form has been wrongly classified by the EU as carcinogenic and the corresponding regulation of the EU commission has been declared null and void.

Benjamin Moore Raspberry It’s that time of year when paint manufacturers launch their fresh palettes of up-and-coming colour trends. And while the hues of 2022 revolved around more subdued shades of green and nature inspired tranquil tones, the 2023 colours of the year appear to be bold and all about self-expression.

AkzoNobel Bonded A new production capability that will enable AkzoNobel Powder Coatings to locally produce and deliver bonded metallic powder coatings to customers in North Africa is now available in its manufacturing facility in Egypt.

Umicore EV Umicore and PowerCo, Volkswagen’s battery company, aim to extend their collaboration in battery materials and are exploring a strategic long-term supply agreement to serve PowerCo’s future battery Gigafactory for electric vehicles (EVs) in North America.

NASA Logo he first test flight of NASA’s Artemis 1, a Space Launch System (SLS) moon orbiting mission, was conducted in late November from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida using the Orion spacecraft built with critical components processed by Imagineering Finishing Technologies (IFT).

PAMA Webinar On December 13, the Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing Alliance (PAMA) will be hosting a special webinar on flame resistant photopolymers for additive manufacturing.

Peintures Prolux Inc., of the Protech Group, recently acquired the liquid coatings business of Anjou, Que.-based Evotech Peintures Industrielles.

FabFinish At this year’s FABTECH 2022, hosted at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, attendees were once again given a show floor mission to take an 18-gauge mild steel FABTECH memento and experience various finishing processes with participating exhibitors.

Fabtech Sign The 2022 FABTECH show attracted almost 30,000 attendees to the Georgia World Congress Center, in Atlanta, Ga. The sprawling technology expo took over three halls with pavilions dedicated to forming and fabrication, tube and pipe, metalform, welding, finishing, additive manufacturing, and robotics and industrial automation.

Lesta Wagner Wagner, one of the biggest names in finishing equipment, is partnering with LestaUSA to deliver proven automated finishing solutions that are NRTL/Class I Division 1 Certified.