Growing innovation capabilities will further accelerate innovations for BASF’s customers (PRESS RELEASE) SHANGHAI, China, 27-Apr-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The largest chemical producer in the world BASF announces groundbreaking for the third phase of its Innovation Campus Shanghai and the establishment … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Education, Germany, Industrial, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged BASF, battery materials, catalysis, chemical, chemical company, chemical engineering, coatings, digitalization, Dr. Jeffrey Lou, Dr. Stephan Kothrade, exterior wall coatings, GiGwi, INNOVATION, Innovation Campus Shanghai, insecticides, interfaces, investment, monomers, NAO, Network for Asian Open Research, polymer, polymers, process engineering, smart manufacturing, surfaces
(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 2-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Akzo Nobel N.V. announces that it has completed the acquisition of Industrias Titan S.A.U. (Titan Paints). The acquisition of 100% of the shares of one of Spain’s best-known paint brands strengthens Akzo Nobel’s … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 8-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Dutch multinational company which creates paints and performance coatings, Akzo Nobel N.V. announces that it no longer intends to acquire Tikkurila, following a competing, higher, offer for Tikkurila. Despite a strong cultural fit … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News
Tagged acquisition, Akzo Nobel N.V., AkzoNobel, coatings, due diligence, shareholders, stakeholders, sustainable paints, Thierry Vanlancker, Tikkurila
(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 15-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel (AMS: AKZA), Dutch multinational paints and performance coatings manufacturer, has announced its aerospace coatings facility in Dongguan, China, has been qualified by aircraft manufacturer Boeing to color blend the company’s Aerodur 3001 … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 8-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Dutch multinational paints and performance coatings company Akzo Nobel N.V. announced it has issued on April 7, 2020 ten-year maturity €750 million bond on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The bond’s coupon is 1.625% … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Netherlands, News
Tagged Akzo Nobel bonds, Akzo Nobel €750 million bond, AkzoNobel, bond, coatings, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, paints, Securities
(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 29-Aug-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel‘s industry-leading coatings solution selected by Polar Research Institute of China to protect its first domestically built polar icebreaker, Xue Long 2 from harsh Arctic and Antarctic condition. Xue Long 2, a 12,366 … Read the full press release
Nanto Cleantech prevails in European Patent opposition proceedings against BYK-Chemie GmbH (represented by the Altana IP department), confirming its position in nanoclay applications in paints and coatings (PRESS RELEASE) NEW YORK, USA, 22-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Nanto Cleantech Inc., a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Law, News, Technology
Tagged acrylic, additives, advanced materials, alkydic, Altana IP department, aluminosilicates, anticorrosion protection, BYK-Chemie GmbH, coatings, EP 2352789, EPO, epoxy, European patent, European Patent Office, Grättinger Möhring von Poschinger, industrial intellectual property, intellectual property, intellectual property rights, lawsuit, marine sector, nanoclay applications in coatings, nanoclay applications in paints, nanoclays, nanoparticles, nanotechnology, Nanto Cleantech Inc., Nanto Protective Coating Srl, paints, patent, patent law, patent lawsuit, patent opposition lawsuit, polyester resins, polymers, polyurethane, Prof. Shmuel Kenig, protective sector, rheologic, rheological properties, Roberto Cafagna, technology holding, thixotropic properties
(PRESS RELEASE) LYNGBY, 8-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Lars Petersson, currently Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer in Hempel A/S, has just been promoted to the position of CEO of Hempel A/S. He will succeed Henrik Andersen on that position … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Denmark, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged CEO, coatings, global transformation, Henrik Andersen, Inwido, Lars Petersson, leadership, leadership change, Malte V. Eggers, management team, resignation, Richard Sand, Tarkett, Vestas A/S
AMSTERDAM, 16-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — What if paint could clean the air; withstand extreme heat; reduce drag and fuel consumption; cope with conditions on Mars. AkzoNobel products already do this – now the plan is to go even further. That’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged AkzoNobel, challenge, coatings, INNOVATION, Klaas Kruithof, Paint the Future, paints, Startups, Thierry Vanlancker
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, is pleased to announce that Hempel, the world-leading supplier of trusted coating solutions, is to become the Official Coatings Partner of World Sailing. Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 06-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Hempel was … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Denmark, Industrial, Sports
Tagged coatings, Hempel, Henrik Andersen, Kim Andersen, sailing, sponsorship, World Sailing
Sandefjord, Norway, 22-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Jotun, leading global supplier of paints and coatings, has provided its products and services to 12 of the top 20 tallest buildings by 2020. Jotun, who will be exhibiting at Council on Tall Buildings … Read the full press release
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA, 15-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Evonik Corporation has recently appointed Canadian chemical distributor of specialty raw materials, EMCO-INORTECH ULC, to act as its national distributor for the polyurethane Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants and Elastomers (CASE) market in Canada. As … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Germany, Technology
Tagged adhesives, appointment, CANADA, chemical, coatings, elastomers, EMCO-INORTECH ULC, Evonik, Peter Hohl, polyurethane, polyurethane Coatings, sealants, Sealants a
Jotun, leading supplier of paints and coatings, is launching Green Building Solutions (GBS) – the easiest way to design, specify, beautify and protect buildings worldwide with green building products. Sandefjord, Norway, 14-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Jotun offers an online green building … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Management, Norway
Tagged beautify, BREEAM, buildings, coatings, design, EPDs, green building products, green_building, Henriette Eggen, Jotun, LEED, paints
Ludwigshafen, Germany, 06-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Surface Treatment global business unit of the Coatings division of BASF, operating under the Chemetall brand, invests in a state-of-the-art surface treatment site in the Dushan Port Economic Development Zone of Pinghu, Zhejiang … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Construction, Germany, Industrial, Investment
Tagged BASF, Chemetall, CHINA, coatings, investment, Jin Hui, Martin Jung, Mike Watson, Pinghu, surface treatment
Global manufacturer of coatings, Hempel, sees tremendous growth in the market for decorative paint. Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 02-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Hempel A/S has signed an agreement to acquire* 65 percent of one of Germany’s leading manufacturers of decorative paint, J.W. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Denmark, Germany
Tagged acquisition, coatings, decorative paint, decorative_paint, Hempel, Henrik Andersen, J.W. Ostendorf, Joe Devitt, Michael Ostendorf, paint
Core volumes up 9.1% year-on-year / Adjusted EBITDA rose by 21.9% to EUR 574 million / Net income increased by 61.9% to EUR 259 million / Free Operating Cash Flow more than doubled / Forecast for full-year 2016 again raised … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment
Tagged adhesives, coatings, Covestro, Patrick Thomas, Polycarbonates
Visitors to a new cultural center in Athens that’s due to house the Greek National Opera will find that high performance coatings from AkzoNobel have taken center stage. AMSTERDAM, 5-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Being designed by renowned architects Renzo Piano Building Workshop, … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Belgium, Chemicals, Construction, Greece
Tagged AkzoNobel, coatings, Conrad Keijzer, cultural center in Athens, High performance coatings
More than 200 experts to be employed in Shanghai Shanghai, 21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated a regional innovation hub for Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China. More than 200 experts will develop novel ideas for the use of high-performance … Read the full press release
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