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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 Coatin ...

“Green Marketing“ – only a buzz word?

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When I did a Google search, I immediately received this Wikipedia entry: "Green market ...

What is it worth having a long (business) tradition?

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For me tradition is linked to pride, history, continuity, customs, legacy and habits. As usual, this can be a burden or something you may benefit from.

Dow and DuPont: Two titans stir up the chemicals sector

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The merger would also see German competitor BASF lose its crown as the world’s largest chemical c ...

Sustainability is the new alibi for killing environment

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This is a word which makes me laugh a bit more actually. We are all uber-sustainable already, eve ...

Seeing and being seen

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The VSLF’ efforts not only include strengthening training and education but also creative measure ...

The laboratory of the future – how should it look like...

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Our expert wrote that the coatings industry was rather conservative by nature and that it lacked ...

Self-healing – the latest fad?

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According to a new research report, "recent advances and ongoing improvements will help rapid and ...

Fighting the lack of skilled labour

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In Switzerland, barely one in six still works in an industrial plant. Hence, the Swiss industr ...

Bio does not equal expensive

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Cooley explains that suppliers of bio-based resins are trying to diffuse this problem by developing very detailed performance studies comparing bio-based technologies to fossil fuel based technol ...

Emerging markets slowing down: thunder in paradise?

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Weak and slowing business activities have been raising concerns in the industry about a cooling o ...

What the current crisis at VW means for the coatings industr...

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The German weekly magazine "Die Zeit" wrote this week, "a small environmental organisation expose ...

Nanotechnology: State of affairs?

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Nanotechnology has not moved out of the focus. Still, it has become a rather controversial ...

Paint manufacturer talks about production devices

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Süleyman Arutan, production manager of Polisan Paint Company, Turkey has answered questions re ...

Additives: Do you really want multi-functionality?

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When I started working as an editor for European Coatings JOUNAL in 2007 I came across very soon ...

Stylish again: blue cars

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I have to admit, when I look for my car in the vicinity because I haven’t used it in days or week ...

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