The partnership between Solvay, L’Oréal and Ultimaker has given university students, engineers and manufacturers the opportunity to compete in a 3D printing design challenge to integrate and accelerate today’s industrial manufacturing processes.

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IFS Coatings announced that Todd Gragg had joined the IFS team as PureClad Business Development Manager. Gragg is responsible for leading IFS PureClad sales efforts across the USA and is part of the IFS Coatings Heat Sensitive Substrates Development team.

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Axalta announced the launch of Imron Industrial Ultra 2.8 VOC Topcoat, an enhanced urethane topcoat to support the agriculture, construction and earthmoving equipment (ACE) market segments.

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Arkema announced a significant investment in constructing a new powder coating resins lab in Cary, North Carolina, the company’s headquarters for coating resins. The facility is expected to begin operations by the end of the third quarter of 2022.

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Evonik’s new product, ELATUR DINCD, a cyclohexanoate, is characterized by a combination of many sought-after properties, such as low-temperature flexibility and high UV resistance; thus, contributing significantly to the weather resistance and durability of the products made from it.

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2022 marks the 75th Anniversary of Carboline. Throughout the year, Carboline will be looking back to its roots and achievements and looking ahead to its plans for the future. Events planned will include both employees and customers in celebration of this incredible milestone.

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Clariant has signed definitive agreements to divest its 50 percent stake in the joint venture, which owns Scientific Design Company Inc., to its long-term joint venture partner, SABIC.

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Earlier this month, the Government of Canada awarded $24 million to Queen’s University to research and develop carbon-to-metal coatings to protect metal surfaces from corrosion. The funding is part of the Transformation Stream of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF).

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Polychem Powder Coatings launched The Gold Standard colour collection. The Gold Standard is a selection of shades of gold that also deliver tough, durable protection to metal surfaces.

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Covestro and Genomatica announced an important industry milestone to advance sustainability resulting from their partnership. The two companies have teamed to be the first to successfully produce significant volumes of a plant-based version of the chemical raw material HMDA (hexamethylene diamine).

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