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Wouldn’t it be nice – relief for hay fever sufferers

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Two biofunctional coating materials and new test set up for pollen adhesion/repellence may ...

Megatrend: Multifunctional coatings

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There can be little doubt that urbanisation is one of the current megatrends. What’s more, you’ll ...

Bye-bye Britain

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In addition to the political questions following the Brexit, economic concerns are abundant. Not ...

Hats off to young scientists

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Only aged 16 and 17, the young inventors have just presented their fascinating project focusing ...

Top 25: Europe’s largest coatings companies

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ECJ has ranked the largest 25 coatings companies by its revenues, headquartered on the contine ...

Colour e-ink: Is there a future now for printing?

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The printing inks industry has always been vulnerable to digital products stealing away some of i ...

Great chance, great challenge?

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Employing refugees with a chemical background, as well as training them, could also be a chance t ...

Nippon Paint Marine Coatings and Wilckens form new company

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Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Co. Ltd. of Kobe, Japan, and Wilckens Farben GmbH of Glückstadt, Germany are proud to announce the formation of Nippon Paint Marine (Europe) GmbH.

Coatings technology: are biomimetics the new trend?

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As usual, we will at ECS Conference 2017 again be asking attendees to participate in a survey of ...

BASF sales slump by 29%

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In the first quarter of 2016, BASF Group sales decreased by 29% to EUR14.2 billion compared with the same quarter of ...

Full of potential: medical coating

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Researchers from the Ben- ...

Blog: Spending spree in the coatings industry

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Last week, an announcement of an acquisition popped up almost every day. And it was not just abou ...

Environmentally friendly against germs and bacteria

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All the more I appreciate antimicrobial surfaces. Thus, unwanted microorganisms can be ...

Akzo Nobel is getting closer to the top again

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With annual sales of EUR 14.3 billion Akzo Nobel trails number one seed PPG (EUR 15.36 billion). ...

Akzo Nobel reaches general agreement to buy BASF’s industria...

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BASF and Akzo Nobel have reached a general agreement on the sale of the industrial coatings business of BASF’s Coatings division to Akzo Nobel for EUR 475 million.