BASF has reached an agreement to divest its manufacturing site in Quincy, Florida and the associated attapulgite business for a purchase price of USD 60 million to Clariant.

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Sun Chemical continues to build its colour library with its mobile-based application, PigmentViewer App, featuring its newest launch, Lumina Royal Sparkling Blue, a high chroma, blue-shade effect pigment with intense colour.

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OCSiAl has launched a new graphene nanotube concentrate for PA, filled PPS, ABS, TPU, and PC. The new product provides targeted conductivity in thermoplastics produced by injection moulding at working loadings starting from 0.1 wt. percent of nanotubes in the final system.

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Gema USA Inc. has welcomed five new employees joining their North American team: Justin Barber, Jon Ludwig, Chris Butterfield, Blaine Scheideman and Matt Thomas.

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It is critical for any paint and coatings system to start with a suitable base: good surface prep and priming. But when it comes to Cortec MicroCorrosion Inhibiting Coatings, the significance of priming goes beyond the need to smooth out substrate imperfections and promote adhesion.

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Spray foam and coatings equipment company SprayWorks Equipment Group recently announced release that it had completed its Trail Sprayer & Service, LLC acquisition.

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In 2021, the automotive industry faced new challenges that it had never faced before, putting a sharper point on the popularity of certain colour spaces in the BASF Color Report 2021 for Automotive OEM Coatings.

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Arkema has been granted UL Yellow Card certification for two new polyamide 11 powder coating grades for use in electric vehicle battery systems and other applications: Rilsan polyamide 11 and Kepstan PEKK products.

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Jamac was awarded for two water tank rehabilitation projects in New Brunswick. One located in the Town of Shediac and the other in the Village of St. Antoine.

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Malaysian technology firm IGL Coatings recently announced the launch of its clear graphene reinforced anticorrosion coating. Ecoclear Aegis consists of epoxy resin, silicone resin, silane and graphene in a “one of a kind” system.

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