In February, the paint and coatings maker bought German rival BASF's industrial coatings business for 475 million euros to strengthen its position in aluminium and steel coatings.
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Industrial coatings account for only a small part of BASF's 3 billion euro coatings division.
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But putting metallic coatings onto stretchy and foldable fabrics is tricky, and those coatings can quickly be swept away in a washing machine.
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DE) industrial coatings business for 13 million euros ($531 million) to strengthen its position in coatings for widely used steel and aluminum bands.
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Eighteen employees at Bradley Coatings, a company specializing in industrial coatings, were let go after not showing up for work, according to an NBC affiliate.
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I am the founder and CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings, based in Chicago, and a global supplier of nonstick coatings to the $9 billion housewares industry.
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AMSTERDAM, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Akzo Nobel, the Dutch maker of paints and coatings, confirmed on Monday it was in talks to buy U.S. coatings maker Axalta Coating Systems Ltd .
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"Our work suggests minimal ingredients to obtain nearly uniform coatings of particles," said Stone—that is, you want to use as few ingredients as possible in your mixtures for coatings.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Paint and coatings maker Akzo Nobel (AKZO.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel's (AKZO.
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PPG's aborted move for Akzo followed BASF deals last year, selling its industrial coatings business to Akzo and buying Albemarle's surface-treatment unit Chemetall for $3.2 billion to focus on automotive coatings.
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AX) and Dutch paints and coatings giant Akzo Nobel (AKZO.AS).
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.S. paints and coatings maker PPG Industries (PPG.
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AMSTERDAM, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Paint and coatings maker Akzo Nobel said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy BASF's industrial coatings business for 475 million euros ($531 million) to strengthen its position in various markets.
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Coatings company Axalta is the relatively under-the-table beneficiary of the deal, in which Valspar had to forcibly sell its valuable wood coatings business at a discount to Axalta in order to be acquired.
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Such a divestiture will concentrate Akzo on coatings, and so a tie-up with Axalta, the No. 1 supplier to the North American heavy truck market, would round out its business to include vehicle coatings.
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Warned of the consequences Robert Peal, attorney for Bradley Coatings Inc.
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Well Genetics, a Norwegian firm, wraps the molecules in polymer coatings.
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These coatings contribute to the different colored flares you are seeing.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel NV (AKZO.
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Many previous attempts relied on weakly bonded coatings to achieve roughness.
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Volumes dropped slightly, however, as the sales of resins for coatings fell.
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The Dutch paint-and-coatings group valued the acquisition at €10.1bn ($12.6bn).
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Palm kernel oil in yogurt and chocolate coatings will boost saturated fat.
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Axalta, based in Philadelphia, makes automobile paints and coatings for auto parts.
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That could make it "a good choice for medical coatings," Yang said.
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That made them ideal coatings for food packaging, paper plates, and cookware.
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Next door is a company that makes coatings for aircraft cockpit gauges.
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GMM Nonstick Coatings, which has a plant in Guangdong province making coatings for rice cookers and saucepans, said its China sales, which account for 10 to 20 percent of its total, are down 15 percent so far in 2016.
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The Dutch paints and coatings company confirmed its financial guidance for 2016-2018.
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They light up when they start talking about GSM weight and nanotech coatings.
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There is a possibility to modify this for use with our conductive coatings.
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But there may be another option: self-cleaning coatings created by materials scientists.
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In addition to manufacturing carbonless and other specialty papers, Appvion provides paper coatings.
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FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dutch paints and coatings giant Akzo Nobel NV (AKZO.
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The polarized lenses also have anti-scratch, anti-fog, and anti-reflective coatings.
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The lenses are polarized and have anti-scratch and anti-salt-water coatings.
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If seasoned properly, cast iron is nonstick without the use of chemical coatings.
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Antimicrobial coatings for catheters, including those containing silver, were already on the market.
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It's soft serve, and they put coatings on it and looks absolutely beautiful.
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Akzo is selling that unit to focus on its paints and coatings business.
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A shrimp and vegetable tempura dish, with gossamer coatings, was among the best entrees.
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The industrial chemical is also used in the manufacture of coatings such as Teflon.
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Dark coatings may mitigate the issue, but mostly for stargazers and not professional astronomers.
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Textured coatings that make it difficult for barnacle larvae to settle down already exist.
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Some paint manufacturers are adding graphene to their formulas to make longer-lasting coatings.
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GigaCrete also makes a non-flammable, proprietary coatings that are plastered on the walls.
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But in a world of super slippery coatings, the very concept of "cleaning" goes away.
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But no research had been done on simple coatings which might achieve the same effect.
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AS) rejected a sweetened $57.53 billion bid from U.S. coatings manufacturer PPG Industries Inc (PPG.
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So under the principles of Commonwealth Coatings, Kennedy was obliged to disclose his JAMS equity.
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Known as "neonics," the pesticides are often used as coatings for corn and soybean seeds.
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Next was RPM International, the maker of paints, coatings, sealants, roofing systems and specialty chemicals.
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A pair costs $999, which includes lenses, the prescription, anti-glare coatings, and the fitting.
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But most people found only thin coatings of ash, if they saw any at all.
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Introduced in the 1960s, dental sealants are plastic coatings applied to the surfaces of teeth.
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But biology gives you the whole palette with which to create films, adhesives and coatings.
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The improvements include a new vertical array, coatings and machinery-quieting technology throughout the boat.
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Clariant will divest the remaining Plastics & Coatings business by 2020, it said in a statement.
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The chemical baths create thick coatings that can't penetrate the fibers' microscale nooks and crannies.
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"This proposed acquisition will strengthen our position in the important coil coatings market," Akzo Nobel Chief Executive Ton Buchner said in a statement, referring to coatings for coiled metal sheets that are processed into facades, refrigerators, window blinds and a wide range of industrial products.
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Ravin Gandhi, CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings of Chicago, whose 300 U.S. employees make coatings for cookware, says the tight labor market has forced him to hire certain managers who have overseen fewer than five employees, for example, instead of an ideal 15 to 20.
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But these coatings chip away over time, and developers are still working to extend their lifespan.
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But the appeals court looked to the U.S. Supreme Court's 1968 decision in Commonwealth Coatings v.
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Special coatings are applied to exterior surfaces that make the planes even less detectable by devices.
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The chemical is used to manufacture stainless steel, textiles, for anticorrosion coatings and in leather tanning.
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Solar coatings as cheap as wallpaper could enable buildings to generate more power than they consume.
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McGarry is President and CEO of Pittsburgh-based PPG, the world's leading paint and coatings manufacturer.
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"Antimicrobial coatings often work well for a limited time until the bacteria develop resistance," says Williams.
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On Tuesday, Akzo repeated its opposition to a deal with the U.S. paints and coatings maker.
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Their complex construction and optical coatings split light into three beams, creating this gorgeous light show.
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The American company has been rejected again by Akzo Nobel, its Dutch paints and coatings rival.
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The adhesives and coatings manufacturer also issued weaker-than-expected revenue guidance for fiscal fourth quarter.
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Residents have taped warnings on the boxes after finding coatings of glue, or double-side tape.
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And splitting off its plastics and coatings business is an old idea that may still create value.
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Merck has studied antibodies, for example, and a subsidiary of Puma has tested coatings for golf clubs.
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A number of companies, including giant industrial coatings maker PPG, already have pointed to higher input costs.
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"We had to expand into new markets," Bernitzki, now an expert in optical coatings at Jenoptik, said.
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We're also working on omniphobic coatings that repel or kill microbes, and materials that are ice-phobic.
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" More technically, the pieces have "zero base curve lenses with blue anti-reflective coatings on the inside.
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It provides proprietary coatings and linings that prevent corrosion in piping, bridges, tunnels and other waterfront structures.
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The company, which sells paints, coatings and materials, said it expected net sales of about $3.8 billion.
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In mid-2015 he started carving out Clariant's plastics and coatings business into a separately managed entity.
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About 77 percent of the division's sales come from the automotive coatings business, which BASF is keeping.
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It puts sequential coatings onto webs of material such as plastic film, flexible glass and metal foil.
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Some automakers are looking at protective coatings to keep a smaller number of lenses free of sludge.
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Ravin Gandhi, founder and chief executive of GMM Nonstick Coatings in Chicago, is a case in point.
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In one room, technicians tested new coatings for paper coffee cups that are not made of plastic.
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Shares of the paints and industrial coatings firm came off its lows, to close down 0.63 percent.
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I started GMM Nonstick Coatings in 1203 from the ground — no products, no clients and no employees.
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Businesses include a shopping cart factory, a small hospital and a maker of coatings for truck beds.
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PPG is one of largest coatings manufacturers in the world, with a market capitalization of about $26 billion.
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Applying coatings can reduce surface tension on sensor scanners, making it harder for moisture or debris to accumulate.
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And nanotechnology and electrified micro-coatings of water are being applied to some produce, to prevent food poisoning.
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On top of that, the lens has coatings on it to protect from scratches and reduce lens aberrations.
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China also has significantly less know-how in terms of radar-absorbent coatings compared with the United States.
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However, PPG Industries, an industrial coatings manufacturer, fell more than 10 percent after updating its third-quarter guidance.
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Yttrium is sprinkled in the thermal coatings of jet aircraft engines to shield other metals from intense heat.
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In general, however, new materials and ceramic coatings for electrodes have made the batteries for cars very safe.
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The 150-year-old paint and coatings maker is buying smaller rival Valspar for $11.3 billion, including debt.
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GMM is one of the world's largest suppliers of nonstick coatings to the $9 billion American housewares industry.
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Since it creates hard metal coatings, hexavalent chromium was used as paint for many cars, boats, and planes.
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AS) rose 1.3 percent after it called off a merger of equals with U.S. coatings company Axalta (AXTA.
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That completes a circuit between coatings of copper and magnesium on either side, generating a tiny electric charge.
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And it would add new product lines for Sherwin-Williams, such as coatings for food and industrial coils.
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Enhanced government-sponsored R&D in next-wave tech, such as liquid fuels and advances in perovskite coatings.
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Judge Smith said flat out that he believes the U.S. Supreme Court's 1968 ruling in Commonwealth Coatings v.
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In mid-20083 he started carving out Plastics and Coatings into a separately managed but wholly-owned entity.
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LESS consists of two sprayable coatings that can be applied to carbon steel, ceramics, or other hard surfaces.
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Plus, they're equipped with anti-corrosion, anti-scratch, and anti-fog coatings to protect your eyes from UV rays.
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The third is the Chemours Co. The chemical is used in paints, industrial coatings and plastic, the FTC said.
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RPM is the maker of paints, coatings, roofing systems, sealants and adhesives for both consumer and industrial end markets.
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With no inks, no coatings, and composed of renewable plant fibers, Hefty Paper Plates are best for the environment.
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These days, asbestos is still allowed in a few products including brake pads, roof coatings, floor tiles, and clothing.
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The combined company would have manufactured coatings, resins and other industrial chemicals and employed more than 32,000 people worldwide.
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Its Crosby plant produces liquid organic peroxides found in countertops and acrylic-based paints and coatings in auto parts.
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Insurer Ageas, medical equipment firm Gerresheimer and paints and coatings company Akzo Nobel were also all weaker after reporting results.
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"We expect the current weak demand trend in performance coatings will continue in 2020," Chief Executive Thierry Vanlancker told reporters.
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"There is large demand from peers for coatings assets and BASF was able to benefit from that," the source said.
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"Not all fragrance boxes currently are — if they have coatings or there's multiple layers of aluminum on them," she says.
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Dr. Moore envisions filling tiny capsules made from unzipping polymers with healing agents and then embedding the capsules in coatings.
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The company is one of the world's largest makers of paints and coatings, employing 45,000 people in about 80 countries.
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The offer came four years after PPG completed a $1.05 billion deal for Akzo Nobel's North America architectural coatings business.
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The company is the world's third-largest paints and coatings maker by revenue, trailing U.S. rivals PPG and Sherwin-Williams .
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The deal leaves Akzo as "one of the top 3 largest paints and coatings companies in the world," Vanlancker said.
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Of that, 150 million euros will be at its paints and coatings businesses and 50 million euros at its chemicals businesses.
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Weakness in demand from carmakers, which began late last year, continued to weigh on BASF's automotive coatings and catalytic converters businesses.
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Akzo said on Friday it will realign management along four geographical lines for paints and four product lines for industrial coatings.
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Achieving all this has been made possible by advances in thermal coatings, engine acoustics and materials such as lightweight carbon fibre.
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For real color science on coatings like paint you need the Kubelka-Munk equations, which integrate travel time through entire layers.
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For instance, as a large supplier of nonstick coatings that come into contact with food, the FDA heavily regulates my industry.
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Yet, they remain grounded in high-end or luxury coatings, the way high-end cars strategically span certain colors and materials.
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But the downward pricing pressure from Amazon has massive ripple effects to upstream manufacturing vendors like my company, GMM Nonstick Coatings.
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Officials at Hanita Coatings, which produces polyester films and laminates for industrial and commercial applications, could not be reached for comment.
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Indigo plans to develop seed coatings that address issues like low nutrient stress, high salience stress, and threats like insect infestations.
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They have also established a company called Inkling Cambridge to commercialise the formulation and develop other electronic inks, coatings and paints.
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So called "self-shading" windows have coatings that can change color when a condition changes — say when someone flips a switch.
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His father was an environmental manager in the Houston office of AkzoNobel, a paint, coatings and chemical company based in Amsterdam.
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PFOA (perfluoro-octanoic acid) PFOA is found in non-stick cookware and grease-resistant coatings, like those at fast food restaurants.
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This technique is made possible because the optics, coatings, sensors, perspectives and color balances of the two cameras are perfectly matched.
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The auto industry is one of the biggest buyers of mica, used in car electronics, paints and coatings, according to TdH.
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Even the simpler selections, in flavors like salted caramel, vanilla and mango, have elegantly thin mochi coatings and ice cream fillings.
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Unlike coatings on metal, the color in ceramic is a property of the material itself and thus resists fading and wear.
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He says his team has produced prototypes of fibers, coatings and 3D objects made from the squid ring teeth (SRT) proteins.
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However, it intends to achieve $750 million euros in 'synergies' by combining the companies' paints and coatings businesses, implying some job losses.
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Looking at other individual stocks, Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel was trading close to the top of the European benchmark.
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Akzo's planned disposal of its chemicals arm does not lessen the industrial logic of combining PPG's and Akzo's paints and coatings businesses.
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In addition to manufacturing paint and other coatings, Sherwin-Williams sells its products at 4,000 of its own stores in North America.
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He also said the invention has potentially many applications, including in automotive parts, or even coatings to repel oils off smartphone surfaces.
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Cary, North Carolina-based LORD makes adhesives, coatings, and vibration and motion control technologies used in the aerospace, automotive and industrial markets.
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Seed coatings are not considered a "pesticide application" akin to spraying, because farmers buy the coated seed and then just plant it.
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AkzoNobel, a Dutch maker of paints and coatings, rejected a third informal takeover offer, worth €26.9bn ($28.8bn), from PPG, an American rival.
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The SolarWindow™ Intra-Connection System, announced today, moves electricity within these electricity-generating coatings to the company's previously developed 'invisible wires'.
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He said for instance in the area of raw materials for coatings and adhesives there were interesting opportunities for bolt-on acquisitions.
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Instead of plastic polymers, their skillets had natural coatings formed by cooking with fat and bonding fat molecules to the metal surface.
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The maker of Post-it notes, industrial coatings and ceramics posted revenue of $8.17 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts.
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Sherwin-Williams will increase its presence outside North America and get coatings for food and industrial coils as part of the deal.
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Plus, this one has some interesting history in that Carlyle quick-flipped Axalta Coatings, which last fall discussed a mergerwith Akzo Nobel.
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"Aircraft used by the PLA Air Force have different coatings and markings because they are still in a transitional period," Wong said.
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Aircraft are made stealthy through a combination of radar-absorbent coatings and shapes that deflect returning radar signals away from the transmitter.
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Tfue's keyboard, also a 60 percent model, features an exotic-looking case, mixing reflective coatings of indigo and turquoise across the bottom.
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The company also produces mechanized irrigation systems and metal coatings for its own products as well as those of third-party customers.
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RBC said industries that are "very negative" due to their margin sensitivity to the China tariff include chemicals, coatings, department stores and railroads.
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One stock that he thinks the market has misdiagnosed is PPG Industries, the specialty chemical company that makes proprietary glass, paints and coatings.
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It is used in chemical manufacturing and pharmaceutical production and is in some textile pigments, dyes, printing materials, paint stripping solvents and coatings.
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Bradley Coatings is a commercial painting company that works on tight deadlines and depends on employee attendance to meet its obligations, he said.
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BASF, whose products include coatings, catalytic converters, pesticides and engineering plastics, said it was targeting a slight increase in adjusted EBIT for 2019.
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"And if you're comparing two car coatings with each other, you have to compare those 93 dimensions and find the difference," Kirchner says.
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The group notes that In 1950, most of those jobs involved making things: steel, auto parts, castings, sewer pipes, coatings, textiles and pies.
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Among the biggest fallers, insurer Ageas, medical equipment firm Gerresheimer and paints and coatings company Akzo Nobel were all weaker after reporting results.
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But PPG, a firm in Pittsburgh that is one of the world's biggest suppliers of paints and coatings, believes it has an answer.
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Install safety bars in showers and put down traction strips, and treat slick surfaces such as smooth marble floors with anti-slip coatings.
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The 2104.21M Company, which makes Post-it Notes, industrial coatings and ceramics, forecast weaker sales growth and a smaller profit for the year.
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Veggie Patch Smoothies dips bananas into colorful coatings including blue raspberry, chocolate, and strawberry before coating them in toppings of the customer's choice.
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The maker of Post-it notes, industrial coatings and ceramics posted revenue of $7.81 billion in the period, which also missed Street forecasts.
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Akzo Nobel, based in Amsterdam, is one of the world's largest makers of paints and coatings, employing 45,000 people in about 80 countries.
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Combined, HuntsmanClariant would manufacture coatings, resins and other chemicals for a wide variety of industries and would employ more than 32,000 people worldwide.
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Together, HuntsmanClariant would manufacture coatings, resins and other chemicals for a wide variety of industries and would employ more than 20083,000 people worldwide.
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The company, based in Amsterdam, is one of the world's largest makers of paints and coatings, employing 45,000 people in about 80 countries.
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Common industrial uses for the toxic metal are in batteries, solar cells, corrosion-protection coatings, and the substance is also used in pigments.
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Ravin Gandhi, CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings, calls the bonuses Zekelman is giving out "awesome," but said he is "nervous" about the tariffs.
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The report identified seven "major sources" of primary microplastics: Tires, synthetic textiles, marine coatings, road markings, personal care products, plastic pellets and city dust.
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Sales fell 4 percent at its plastics and coatings business, where earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation and after exceptionals fell 17 percent.
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The company, which sells paints, coatings and materials, said it expected net sales of about $3.8 billion, in line with the average analyst estimate.
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He's studied innovation in the construction industry, especially as it applies to nanomaterial innovations like self-cleaning windows, or steel coatings that resist rust.
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AS) is exploring a sale or merger with a peer, and is in talks with companies including U.S. coatings manufacturer PPG Industries Inc (PPG.
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BASF said it had agreed to acquire automotive refinish coatings assets of Guangdong Yinfan Chemistry to boost its business in China and Asia Pacific.
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The 2015 break prompted GE to work on new protective coatings and alter a heat treatment process for the parts, a second presentation showed.
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My company, GMM Nonstick Coatings, will be looking for potential acquisitions in 2017 because we are betting on a resurgence of the American consumer.
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These coatings are made of thin layers of materials of slightly different refractive indices (that is, light moves at slightly different speeds within them).
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"Many medications have coatings to be time released or to protect the integrity of the medication for passing through the gastrointestinal system," he says.
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This new technology could have far-reaching applications, including fingerprint-resistant phone screens, car coatings, antimicrobial catheters and stain-resistant fabrics, Dr. Bhushan said.
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Special coatings can be applied that block the majority of this heat from entering the building while still allowing plenty of light to enter.
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Some waffle makers come with special features like removable grids and most have non-stick coatings to make it easier to remove your waffles.
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"DRT would bring new capabilities in health & nutrition, cosmetics, as well as a number of new markets, including adhesives, coatings and agriculture," he said.
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Capital markets day The company said on Thursday it sold its Hi-Tech Coatings division to the U.S.-based packaging and labelling group ISG.
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EPA's 2018 National Leadership Summit PFAS chemicals are lab-made compounds that are used in the manufacturing of nonstick coatings for clothes and cooking pans.
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Apple uses sapphire lens coatings on its cameras that are basically unscratchable already — so covering it is redundant and will affect the image quality negatively.
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The ability to absorb these wavelengths so completely may one day lead to coatings that allow planes to fly overhead without showing up on radar.
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Mondo makes industrial talc additives used to strengthen plastics, provide corrosion resistance to coatings, an oxygen barrier to food packaging and UV protection to cosmetics.
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It said developments at its decorative paints business will remain positive, while it sees no real recovery in the struggling marine and protective coatings operation.
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Clariant, which began carving out its plastics and coatings business for eventual disposal four years ago, and Deutsche Bank both declined to comment on Wednesday.
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Made by Newtex, a supplier of fire resistant fabrics and coatings, it ships to the U.S., Canada and Europe but not to Asia nor Australia.
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With coatings engineered on an atomic scale, a layer of glass just a few tens of atoms thick might be able to do the job.
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It might have to do with materials, coatings applied to the glass that make it weaker, or the sheer size or shape of the glass.
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Artists today are experimenting with the new carbon nanotube coatings, to plumb such evergreen themes as the nature of light, absence, perception, deception and jewelry.
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To accomplish the feat, the drone researchers housed the device's components in a dry pressure vessel and coated its motors in unnamed, commercially available coatings.
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Deals • Axalta, the maker of paint coatings spun out from DuPont, said that it has hired Evercore and Barclays to help it consider selling itself.
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But he says chemists who make coatings must meet all of his requirements, including having previous cookware experience, noting the products must pass government inspections.
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"Coatings will help them enable that technology to work with [fewer] radar and LIDAR units because it'll make the car more visible," McGarry told Cramer.
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Indicated up 0.4 pct BASF unit Chemetall signs an agreement with graphite explorer Talga Resources to co-develop and commercialise graphene-enhanced metal surface coatings.
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PPG Industries, for example, a paint and coatings manufacturer, uses a chemical called 1,4-dioxane, which the E.P.A. designated "a likely carcinogen," in its products.
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Akzo Nobel, which is based in Amsterdam, is one of the world's largest makers of paints and coatings, employing 45,000 people in about 80 countries.
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Some national chains such as Sherwin-Williams, which sells paints and coatings, have already begun adding links on their websites in California, Reuters has found.
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A $130 billion merger and three-way split between U.S. groups Dow and DuPont is underway, while Dutch paint and coatings group Akzo Nobel AKZO.
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For a case in point, hot-dipped galvanizing, one of the most commonly used corrosion resistant coatings technologies in the world, was specified in 1928.
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Akzo will try to strengthen its position in promising markets such as powder coatings, which showed 10 percent global growth last year, the CEO said.
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It could also be used to create defensive films or coatings that could be worn to protect from chemical and biological warfare, according to the team.
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AMSTERDAM, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Dutch paints maker Akzo Nobel expects demand for its coatings in industrial sectors to stay muted in 2020, it said on Wednesday.
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Axalta's coatings for new vehicles could fill a gap in Akzo's portfolio, which caters to various other industries including manufacturing, marine and construction, analysts have said.
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White Tale, which prevented a planned merger with Huntsman , wants Clariant to sell its plastics and coatings business and reinvest the proceeds in higher-margin areas.
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" The company, which sells paints, coatings and materials, is considering additional cost-cutting through global operating improvements and " targeted regional actions where economic conditions are weakest.
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In light of paint and coatings giant Sherwin-Williams buying competitor Valspar, Jim Cramer decided to inspect the deal and came up with one hidden winner.
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A startup called LiquiGlide has raised $16 million in a new round of venture funding to bring its patented slippery coatings to manufacturers around the world.
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Analysts at UBS highlighted weakness in Akzo Nobel's Performance Coatings division, adding that they were expecting investors to focus on near-term pressures facing the stock.
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A Kobe Steel spokesman confirmed the company had fabricated data about specialised coatings used on the parts, adding the company had not identified any safety issues.
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Valspar makes coatings for the construction, industrial and transportation markets as well as selling consumer paints under the Valspar, Cabot Stain, Devine Color and other brands.
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His father, who worked in Bangalore, retired as a managing director for the Akzo Nobel Corporation, an international paints and coatings company with headquarters in Amsterdam.
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In addition, to making coatings for the construction, industrial and transportation markets, Valspar sells consumer paints under the Valspar, Cabot Stain, Devine Color and other brands.
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My company GMM Nonstick Coatings is a good proxy for the U.S. middle class because every day 40 million Americans use GMM's products in their kitchens.
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Huntsman was keen to sell off Clariant's Plastic and Coatings division, which accounts for more than 40 percent of its revenues, one of the sources said.
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Bernstein analysts, among others, have urged Clariant to pursue a timely exit from lower-margin Plastics and Coatings to avoid the risk of another costly overhaul.
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Patrick Lambert, an analyst at brokerage Raymond James, said in a note in April that Axalta had become the ideal target for many global coatings companies.
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Dark coatings also don't prevent the corruption of infrared astronomy images, and — being internet satellites with high-frequency transmitters — may interfere with radio astronomy as well.
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Called Biocopac Plus, the product aims to replace BPA, or Bisphenol A, which is used in coatings for cans and bottles that contain foods and drinks.
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A deal would have created a global behemoth in specialty chemicals that would have made ingredients for products including skin creams, car paint and iPhone coatings.
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This texture is created with multiple coatings of gesso, followed by layers of semi-transparent oil paint — at the time still an experimental medium in Italy.
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What is needed, reckons Liu Xuqing of the University of Manchester, in England, is a way to make antibacterial coatings for fabrics that, quite literally, hold tight.
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PPG Industries (PPG) will not face a challenge from Trian Fund Management at the paint and coatings producer's annual shareholder meeting, according to sources quoted by Reuters.
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PPG Industries – PPG will not face a challenge from Trian Fund Management at the paint and coatings producer's annual shareholder meeting, according to sources quoted by Reuters.
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The Swiss chemical manufacturer should instead sell its plastics and coatings business, they said, and reinvest the proceeds into acquisitions within the higher-margin specialty chemicals businesses.
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Dutch paints and coatings maker Azko Nobel reported weaker-than-expected revenues on Wednesday, as lower volumes and adverse currency effects hit sales in the third quarter.
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In Nolensville, Tennessee, nearly 20 employees at Bradley Coatings, Incorporated — a commercial painting company — were laid off after participating in the nationwide strike on Thursday, NBC4 reported.
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Much of the weekend programing was devoted to talks on things like safety and wound care and figuring out how to make better biocompatible coatings for implants.
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"The softer you make a material, the stickier and weaker it often becomes—two things which aren't ideal for making useful, long-term coatings," said Castrejón-Pita.
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"Businesses which are more linked to GDP like plastics and coatings have suffered from the environment which has been deteriorating since the third quarter," Jany told Reuters.
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The company says today that it's adjusting the pricing to align them more with typical glasses, where the cost varies based on the lenses, frames, and coatings.
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In the early models, the Blaschkas used clear, commercial glass, to which they added pigments, animal glues, and other coatings in order to render every exquisite detail.
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The 135-year-old PPG is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of coatings and specialty materials, with a market capitalization of about $26 billion.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch chemicals and paints maker AkzoNobel is in "constructive" talks about a possible merger of its Paints and Coatings business with U.S.-based Axalta.
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As even so-so cooks know, stainless steel is ideal for browning and braising; durable nonstick coatings make preparing delicate foods, including eggs and pancakes, less nightmarish.
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Inspectors can specialize in various parts of a construction process or type of construction such as coatings, electrics, elevators, plumbing, homes, public works projects and commercial buildings.
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Revenues remained flat at 2.45 billion euros ($2.7 billion) as falling demand for coatings from the car industry and weakening economic growth drove sales volumes down 6%.
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Here's how the press released describes it: The company's SolarWindow™ generates electricity when its transparent organic coatings are applied in thin layers on to glass surfaces.
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Plastics and coatings will be an integral part of the new company, Kottmann said, though he reiterated that it could be sold to fund any further takeovers.
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To design a reflector suitable to the task, the team relied on an idea similar to that used in the anti-reflection coatings applied to spectacle lenses.
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The nonstick surface of a cast-iron pan is achieved with natural ingredients like flaxseed oil, lard and time, not with synthetic coatings like Teflon or Thermolon.
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Revenues remained flat at 13 billion euros ($2.7 billion) as falling demand for coatings from the car industry and weakening economic growth drove sales volumes down 6%.
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The rise of electric cars has brought some unusual ancillary benefits to the coatings industry, particularly PPG Industries, Chairman and CEO Michael McGarry told CNBC on Thursday.
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PPG — PPG is reportedly preparing a new bid for Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel, after Akzo rejected PPG's original $22.1 billion cash and stock bid.
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After fending off PPG's unwanted interest, Akzo launched a failed attempt to buy U.S. coatings company Axalta at a price which Tweedy Browne said was too high.
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CVC and KKR have teamed up against Advent and Bain Capital for the €9bn spinoff carve-out of Dutch paints and coatings company Akzo Nobel's chemicals business.
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Mr. Novick is the son of Dr. Diane Dubinsky and Mark Novick of Oak Hill, Va. The groom's mother has retired as a pediatrician in Fairfax, Va. His father has retired as a vice president at National Coatings and Supplies, a paint and exterior coatings company in Raleigh, N.C. Mr. Novick was a second-year student when Ms. Krinsky arrived at the seminary and one of the first people she met.
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" —Jon Dwyer, Canada, CEO of Aereus Technologies, which is a manufacturer of antimicrobial copper alloy coatings, mainly for the hospital industry "[Personal and professional success] are tightly coupled.
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AkzoNobel, a Dutch maker of paints and coatings and owner of the Dulux brand, swiftly rejected a sweetened takeover offer of €22.4bn ($24.1bn) from PPG, an American rival.
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Anker products carry that new gadget smell — a blend of peculiar odors from the evaporation of chemical compounds in the plastics and the epoxy coatings of the device.
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Bigger still is the latest bid by PPG of America, a specialty maker of paints and coatings, for AkzoNobel of the Netherlands, a rival which owns Dulux paint.
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To repair things, the machines are fitted with tiny arms that reach out and inject ceramic coatings from a cartridge of material to fill in any damaged areas.
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The Swiss chemical manufacturer should instead sell its plastics and coatings business, they have said, and reinvest the proceeds in acquisitions within the higher-margin specialty chemicals businesses.
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Old school builders used terra cotta or brick to insulate structural steel members from heat, but engineers today opt for concrete, cementitious spray-on coatings, or intumescent paint.
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BASF's industrial coatings business, which had sales of 300 million euros in 2015, is seen by industry experts as lacking the scale needed to compete effectively in future.
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Akzo Nobel, which has in the past indicated it is open to smaller bolt-on acquisitions, said the coatings business was a good fit for its existing units.
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"It's a more capital intensive business than paints and coatings, but its not clear why selling it would improve prospects for the rest of the business," he said.
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U.S. paints and coatings maker PPG Industries will not launch a formal bid for Dutch rival Akzo Nobel after repeated informal offers were rejected, it said on Thursday.
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The tri-ply DuPont Autograph 2 surface is considered one of the best nonstick coatings, and Amazon buyers reported hand washing the pots and pans is a breeze.
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The company makes adhesive materials, coatings, and labeling and packaging products like graphic imaging and radio frequency identification tags, which help businesses manage their brands and track inventory.
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The 5.0-liter truly is one now, thanks to a switch from liners to spray-in cylinder coatings that increased its displacement from 4970 cc to 5030 cc.
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Clariant said on Feb 16 that the Plastics and Coatings division was not for sale for now, but could in future be sold to fund a major acquisition.
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Sherwin-Williams, the maker of paints and coatings, posted a disappointing profit and cut its annual guidance because of slower sales growth combined with spending on new stores.
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But none of the aircraft seen in photographs of the exercises had low-visibility coatings or standardised markings, as used on the navy's J-16s and J-15s.
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DELETE MY DATA Some national chains such as Sherwin-Williams, which sells paints and coatings, have already begun adding links on their websites in California, Reuters has found.
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"None of the soap opera in Washington matters," said Frank Sullivan, chief executive of RPM International, a Cleveland-based maker of specialty coatings and sealants like Rust-Oleum.
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A stack of metal tiles covered in pebble-like textures meant to test different floor coatings is still sitting in Reardon's office when I visit after the Grammys.
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BASF earlier on Thursday said it would cut 200 jobs at its coatings site in the German city of Muenster until 2021, citing ongoing weakness in automotive markets.
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The most common tactic is to obtain extensions on marketing exclusivity by means of secondary patents on superficial characteristics, such as pills' coatings or formulas for timed release.
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The boss of the Dutch paint-and-coatings firm reported a solid set of quarterly earnings on April 19th, then promised a new era of rapid growth and investments.
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It's thought that the new film could be used to create strong, perhaps even structural, coatings for vehicles or aerospace parts, or new kinds of armor for military applications.
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PPG (PPG) is reportedly preparing a new bid for Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel after Akzo rejected PPG's original $22.1 billion cash and stock bid as insufficient.
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Musk said that Tesla is working with current solar roof tile partner 3M on its future coatings, so this could be a process in development simultaneously in multiple organizations.
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However, in the Amazon era, competition in every niche category has exploded, and clients want their coatings to be platforms that hook consumers with short bullet points about differentiation.
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Dutch paints maker Akzo Nobel reportedly is in talks to merge with smaller U.S. rival Axalta Coating Systems, to create a paints and coatings giant worth around $30 billion.
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Others still employ chemically reactive gases to etch features such as holes and channels less than 50 nanometres (billionths of a metre) across into the coatings, for electrical connections.
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"It's a fantastic affordable option," said Ms. Devlin, who hires a handyman to do the work, which involves sanding the countertop and mixing and applying several coatings of epoxy.
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Since then, the stock has traded mostly sideways, even after Valspar sold its North American coatings business to Axalta cheaply as a part of its merger with Sherwin-Williams.
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Whiting (or chalk), white lead and linseed oil — essential ingredients in white wall coatings — would have been easier and cheaper to obtain than the pigments needed for rich colors.
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Front Burner All-Clad, the cookware company, is introducing a new line of triple-ply stainless steel skillets and sauté pans that are reasonably nonstick without using special coatings.
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The research is designed to test how well biological samples and various materials, such as coatings used on spacecraft, withstand the extreme temperature swings and high radiation of space.
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Since they absorb more stray light than other coatings, using them to cover the interior surfaces of lenses can result in clearer images with better contrast and colour definition.
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AMSTERDAM, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel aims to outpace its competitors' revenue growth in the coming years while lifting profitability, it said on Thursday.
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That goal will mainly be delivered through cost savings and efficiency measures, Vanlancker said, as overall sales growth in the paints and coatings market is expected to remain modest.
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Chemical company PPG has been stuck in a rut lately because it hasn't done any big deals and its core paint and coatings business has been middle-of-the-road.
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The Swiss company's largest segment, surface solutions, whose products include coatings for automotive components and surfaces of electric car brake discs, is exposed both to the automotive market and China.
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AkzoNobel, a Dutch multinational making paint and coatings that owns the Dulux brand, rejected a takeover from PPG, an American rival, saying that its €21bn ($22bn) offer undervalued the company.
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According to Ben Riensche, a sixth-generation farmer in Iowa who grows corn and soybeans on 230,22018 acres, Indigo Ag's seed coatings improve crop yields, typically by more than 250%.
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Clariant and 25 percent-shareholder Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) are merging their high-performance materials businesses, a move that will include the sale of some plastics and coatings activities.
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The business had sales of 300 million euros in 2015 and supplies coatings for coils, furniture foil, and panels, as well as having applications in commercial transport and wind energy.
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On the product website it's noted that it's been developed in collaboration with thousands of artists across the globe along with color chemists, cosmetics industry specialists, and architectural coatings experts.
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Among the toxic compounds that she found in the samples were bisphenol (BPA) and acetaminophen, as well as chemicals present in pesticides, stain repellents, and coatings from non-stick cookware.
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The drone's external motors, meanwhile, have been given anti-corrosive coatings to protect them from saltwater, with the drone capable of surviving for up to two months underwater in tests.
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An infrared photograph may have captured a preliminary sketch or underdrawing, and examination of the painting in UV light could have led prior scholars to identify surface coatings and materials.
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"In our view, Akzo Nobel could in large parts be a good fit for PPG in a fragmented global coatings market," said Kepler Cheuvreux analyst Christian Faitz in a note.
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There's a company called NBD Nanotechnologies, based in Boston, which makes coatings that can be added to plastic and metal surfaces, allowing them to pull water out of thin air.
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Some of the navy's only active aircraft carrier-based fighter jets, the J-15s, have also been given new coatings and markings, according to the People's Liberation Army's official website.
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"All fighter jets must have stealth and low-visibility capabilities, and the coatings and markings on them are part of how they can do this and meet requirements for combat."
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Lime plaster coatings or magnesium oxide boards have to be applied to anything touching hempcrete, or the lime will calcify it and lose its ability to absorb and release water.
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AS), a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, potentially adding pressure on the Dutch paint maker to consider a sale to U.S. coatings manufacturer PPG industries Inc (PPG.
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There's a huge number of technology spin offs from the program [like] ... the miniaturization of computers that people walk around with their cell phones or UV coatings on your sunglasses.
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A few of these amenities include anti-microbial coatings on high-touch areas, Vitamin C-filtered showers, "posture-supportive" oak flooring, in-duct aromatherapy, and individually programmed circadian lighting systems.
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Coatings like Vantablack or the industry-standard Aeroglaze Z306 are accessible to companies like SpaceX but are normally only used to paint components of spacecraft rather than the whole thing.
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U.S. paints and coatings maker PPG Industries walked away from its unsolicited attempt to acquire rival Amsterdam-based Akzo Nobel for $30 billion last year after hostility from Dutch politicians.
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So anyone who manufactures a "food contact substance," which includes chemical additives, coatings, paper, or polymers, must first get the okay from the FDA before putting it on the market.
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Though it may seem logical to use a glass cleaner or disinfectant wipe on your smartphone's screen, applying any sort of chemical cleaner can damage the protective coatings on it.
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TORONTO — Trian Partners co-founder and chief investment officer Ed Garden said Thursday that PPG Industries needs to replace its "struggling" management to reverse disappointing profit at the global coatings company.
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The relatively fragmented global paints and coatings industry has seen a frenzy of deal activity, as buyers seek scale to squeeze their raw materials bill to further bolster already attractive margins.
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Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel reported a better-than-expected 36% jump in second-quarter core profit on Wednesday, as higher prices and cost savings offset raw material inflation.
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China is allowing greater access by global majors and local independents to its massive chemicals market to feed plastics, coatings and adhesives to the fast-growing consumer electronics and automotive sectors.
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The company makes coatings, paint and speciality materials for customers such as Harley Davidson, a motorcycle manufacturer based in the state, with a palette ranging from black denim to candy orange.
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Mondo, which owns talc mines in central Finland, makes industrial talc additives, used to strengthen plastics, provide corrosion resistance to coatings, oxygen barrier to food packaging and UV protection to cosmetics.
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Akzo Nobel NV, the Dutch paints and coatings maker, said on Thursday it has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from U.S. rival PPG Industries Inc, saying the bid "undervalued" its company.
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Dutch paints and coatings maker AkzoNobel rejected a second takeover proposal from U.S. rival PPG Industries saying an improved 22.4 billion-euro ($24.1 billion) offer was too low and too risky.
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For instance, AkzoNobel, a Dutch group, has concentrated on highly specialised paints and coatings; and Bayer, a German firm that used to be a broad chemicals conglomerate, has specialised in pharmaceuticals.
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Dutch paints and coatings producer Akzo Nobel hit a record high, up 3.4 percent after a report PPG Industries was preparing a renewed takeover proposal after its initial offer was rejected.
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The company makes specialty coatings that insulate car batteries to keep them from overheating or catching fire, a business that CEO Michael McGarry told Cramer was bigger than people might think.
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Among material and industrial companies, paint and coatings maker PPG Industries added $3.29, or 3.2 percent, to $106.32 and aluminum producer Alcoa picked up 48 cents, or 5.2 percent, to $9.82.
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The trade war has weighed on the agricultural sector and also led to a slowdown in global auto production and sales, which has weighed on BASF's coatings and catalytic converters business.
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Hard-anodized aluminum is a nontoxic alternative to nonstick coatings possibly containing PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene, a manmade chemical known as Teflon) or PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid, another manmade chemical used in making Teflon).
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Certain carriers may have different coatings to prevent smudges and scratches that may be harmed by alcohol, so we suggest checking out this list of techniques to clean your phones effectively.
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In all, 26 separate plants brew an array of petrochemicals from oil and gas for foam, insulation and plastics, as well as chemicals that will go into adhesives, coatings and cosmetics.
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Akzo Nobel, which makes Dulux paint, Eka bleaching solutions and Interpon powder coatings, said that the offer from PPG, based in Pittsburgh, "substantially undervalues" the company and its long-term prospects.
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PPG unveiled financial targets for 2019 on Thursday and said it would explore separating its architectural from its industrial coatings, as well as destagger its board and remove super majority voting.
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Squirt & Wrap | Little tubes douse the condoms with a variety of optional coatings: benzocaine (the same stuff that's used to numb toothaches), warming lubricant, or flavors like watermelon, chocolate, or margarita (gag).
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PPG Industries (PPG) was upgraded to "outperform" from "sector perform" at RBC Capital Markets, which said the involvement of activist investor Trian in the paint and coatings maker is a positive factor.
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More recently, they have found ways to apply their ideas to create internal coatings for containers so that their contents will flow out easily and completely, with no shaking, thumping or squeezing.
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The mooted combination would make Akzo the second-largest coatings player with a 12 percent market share, ahead of PPG but trailing an enlarged Sherwin Williams, analysts at brokerage Raymond James said.
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Buechner said the company's paints and coatings divisions will each grow at 4 percent annually on the strength of its global brands such as Dulux, one percentage point better than the market.
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Now that researchers know how to make windows into power generators with liquid polymer coatings, some company is going to figure out how to capture that market, whether or not it's SolarWindow.
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In order to jump-start global expansion, six months ago I sold GMM Nonstick Coatings to a $7 billion Japanese conglomerate, SDK, who views the company as a platform for further acquisitions.
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Dutch paint and industrial coatings firm Akzo Nobel narrowly beat analyst expectations for the first quarter, reporting operating profit before incidentals of 334 million euros ($378 million) despite a fall in sales.
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To gain antitrust approval, the FTC required the companies to sell Valspar's North America Industrial Wood Coatings Business, which makes stains, sealants and other products used for kitchen cabinets and other goods.
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A standard version of the Walkman will also be available for $1,199.99, which will presumably have the new design but none of the fancy circuitry and coatings of the gold-plated model.
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They removed the equipment and installed other devices to test how biological samples and various materials, such as coatings used on spacecraft, withstand the extreme temperature swings and high radiation of space.
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Roughly half the time a Raptor spends being repaired is just to fix Low Observable (LO) stealth coatings that get damaged when ground crews open her up for things like routine maintenance.
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One of his businesses was sold to Waste Management, while another, Kenny Industrial Services (which managed coatings and cleanings for industrial customers), made some acquisitions and reincorporated under the name K2 Industrial.
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What is very evident in the coatings industry right now is that there are a number of very active management teams like us looking for ways to continue to grow their companies.
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The city has already added new porous asphalt that can retain more water and new coatings that can reflect heat across more than 50 miles of roadways, including the planned marathon route.
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Akzo Nobel issued a profit warning on Friday and announced a revamp that will include the chief financial officer stepping aside and a shake-up to its paints and industrial coatings businesses.
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In the case opened on Tuesday, the Commission said that Chinese producers had increased exports of corrosion-resistant steel with thin oil coatings or with slightly increased carbon, aluminium or titanium content.
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There's understandable hesitation about using nonstick and their potential toxic chemical coatings, but nonsticks have been PFOA-free since 2013, so there's little to worry about unless you're buying your pans secondhand.
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The Mitsubishi plant is arguably the most high tech member of South Alabama's "chemical corridor," a 20143-mile stretch that teems with manufacturers of everything from protective coatings to artificial sweeteners to insecticides.
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Typically, people go to Medlock & Sons to fix their crashed Roadsters, or to have their Roadster electronics rebuilt, ceramic coatings painted on, or to have sound reduction, custom audio or custom headlights installed.
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Over the last several years, several companies have been trying to develop plastic anti-reflective coatings etched with moth-eye patterning for glare-free display screens for televisions, computer monitors, eyeglasses, and windows.
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As for the "multi-million dollar business" Corinne says she runs ... we're told the family owns Miami-based Armor Garage -- a supplier of epoxy floor coatings, and yes ... she does actually work there.
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"India isn't easy," said Ravin Gandhi, CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings, which manufactures for some of the largest global kitchenware firms and who is a member of the CNBC-YPO Chief Executive Network.
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Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel said on Wednesday its core profit rose 2225 percent in the third quarter to 2100 million euros ($240 million), helped by higher prices and cost savings.
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In his early 20123s, he started a company called Chem-Roof that made coatings to treat wood, which he sold to the Pettibone Corporation, a supply and equipment company, when he was 22012.
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I run one of the world's largest suppliers of nonstick coatings to the housewares industry and my company is part of a supply chain that ends in the kitchens of 40 million Americans.
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A growing number of entrepreneurs and researchers are working to turn foods like mushrooms, kelp, milk and tomato peels into edible — if not always palatable — replacements for plastics, coatings and other packaging materials.
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Buddy Ratner, a professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington, has spent two decades developing coatings and other strategies to improve the healing of implanted biomaterials and medical devices, and is skeptical.
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They say their coatings, which can take the form of paint, plaster or stucco, absorb and release heat to maintain a constant temperature, saving up to 30 percent on heating and cooling costs.
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Akzo Nobel, which also produces Eka bleaching solutions and Interpon powder coatings, said that the second unsolicited offer from PPG still "substantially undervalues" it and is not in the best interests of shareholders.
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Akzo Nobel, Europe's largest paint and chemicals company, has rejected a $22 billion takeover offer from PPG Industries, one of its biggest rivals and the largest coatings company in the world, Bloomberg reports.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Chemicals giant BASF still expects a slight improvement in the global car market this year, a spokesman said on Thursday, even after the group announced job cuts at its German coatings operation.
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The Pittsburgh-based maker of Glidden and other coatings and chemicals is deciding whether to improve on an offer to buy Dutch competitor Akzo Nobel after an unsolicited $22 billion entreaty was firmly rejected.
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But its reputation has been hurt by a wave of protectionist sentiment that had a hand in derailing a bid by U.S. paint maker PPG Industries for Dutch coatings and chemicals firm Akzo Nobel.
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For Nippon Paint, an Axalta deal would help it crack open the U.S. market and boost earnings from automotive coatings, SMBC Nikko Securities analyst Shinobu Takeuchi wrote in a note to clients on Wednesday.
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And now they think they have discovered a way to adapt these super-slippery coatings to steer liquids across flat surfaces, opening up the possibility of pumping fluids around without the need for pipes.
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PPG's chief executive, Michael McGarry, this week wrote an open letter explaining that merging the two strongest firms in many markets for paints and coatings makes sense, given consolidation in the wider chemicals sector.
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Indigo Ag's newer seed coatings aim for more than yield improvements — they encourage desirable traits in plants, like soybeans that yield more oil, or grains that are more palatable to certain livestock, for example.
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Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel on Wednesday said its first-quarter core profit rose 2100 percent to 240 million euros ($278.2 million), as higher prices and cost savings offset raw material inflation.
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The U.S. painting and coatings company also said it was working on a plan to save about $125 million in the full year by pruning low profit businesses and exiting some smaller product lines.
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We're pretty confident in surmising that the Air Force's planned substitute for the A-653, the F-265 Joint Strike Fighter, will never have teeth, as that would require painting over its stealthy coatings.
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BASF, whose products also include coatings, foam chemicals, catalytic converters and mining chemicals, forecast an 5 percent drop in 226 earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) would come to 21 billion euros ($20.9209 billion).
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According to the International Association of Firefighters, 60 percent of firefighters will die from cancer caused by inhaling smoke filled with toxins from the plastics, foams and flame-retardant coatings common in every household.
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The zinc business, which was sold in a debt and equity transaction, generates more than 400 million euros in revenue a year and produces fine zinc powders for industrial coatings and zinc for batteries.
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But they argue the jet will probably never see air-to-air combat because of its superior radar and stealthy coatings which allow it to see enemy jets long before they could be engaged.
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"We have these government bureaucrats who show up at our facility arbitrarily, and they say, 'Let's look at your payroll'," said Ravin Gandhi, CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings, which runs an office in Dongguan.
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The maker of petrochemicals, coatings, catalytic converters and foams warned full-year earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) excluding special items would fall up to 30% below 2018 levels, instead of showing modest growth.
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At its Ludwigshafen headquarters and at five other hubs abroad, BASF runs close-knit networks of chemical reactors that churn out products as diverse as basic commodities, coatings, vitamins, drug ingredients and engineering plastics.
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If allowed to strike out on their own, BASF units making construction chemicals, coatings and catalytic converters could bolster their earnings and fetch better trading multiples on the stock market, the HSBC analyst said.
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The company applies the product-specific coatings itself for large suppliers, but has a self-serve option for smaller growers, including an organic micro-greens farm in Santa Barbara that was its first customer.
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AX) said on Wednesday its majority-owned joint venture company DGL Camel International has agreed to sell most of its coatings business in Hong Kong and China to Yip's Chemical Holdings Ltd (0408.HK).
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"These coatings are a highly technical area, and China puts a tremendous amount of resources into research on this every year," said the insider, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.
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BERLIN, June 13 (Reuters) - German chemicals conglomerate BASF said it would cut up to 200 jobs at its coatings unit by the end of 2021, pointing to the downturn in the global car industry.
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As the chief of one of the world's largest makers of paints and coatings, McGarry said his company was seizing on the opportunity to help these automakers drive down their costs with his products.
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He began to wonder whether the same processes he was studying to develop coatings that could be used to produce inexpensive plastic solar cells might also be applied to extend the life of produce.
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The sale of the Specialty Chemicals operation to Carlyle and Singapore's GIC sovereign wealth fund for a slightly better than expected price will allow Akzo to focus on its main paints and coatings business.
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That's just one example that Indigo, a company that analyzes the microbiomes of plants to produce seed coatings that impart various attributes, is looking into as a way to combat difficult conditions for various crops.
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Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel on Wednesday announced a new 225 million euros ($2225 million) share buyback, as cost savings and higher prices helped drive up its third-quarter core profit by 403%.
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PFAS chemicals are used in coatings that make products water-resistant — like on Teflon cookware, Gore-Tex fabric, and 4603M's Scotchgard — and 2460M is among the companies whose technology made the toxic compounds so common.
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They can be found in shampoos, conditioners, body sprays, hair sprays, perfumes, colognes, soap, nail polish, shower curtains, medical tubing, IV bags, vinyl flooring and wall coverings, food packaging and coatings on time-release pharmaceuticals.
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One of the most infamous, the pesticide DDT, was developed during World War II. DDT was banned in the 1970s, but other POPs, including flame retardants and non-stick coatings, are still widely used today.
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That left Clariant's remaining Plastics & Coatings activities including pigments, standard masterbatches and medical specialties, businesses with 2017 revenues of 1.56 billion Swiss francs, and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of 182 million francs.
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He displays the usual CEO reading material — The Art of War, Hatching Twitter, Steve Jobs, Ayn Rand — but also highly technical textbooks on subjects like superalloys, radio navigation, flow-induced vibrations, and high-temperature coatings.
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Akzo Nobel, the Dutch paints and coatings maker, on Wednesday said its operating income fell 240 percent to 21 million euros ($20.8577 million) as sales slid 3 percent in the second quarter, missing market forecasts.
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Some Big Island residents are covering their faces to keep from breathing small particles flying through the air, and some have found thin coatings of ash as winds blew the plume away from populated areas.
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That left Clariant's remaining Plastics & Coatings activities including medical specialties, standard masterbatches and pigments businesses with 2017 revenues of 1.56 billion Swiss francs, and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of 182 million francs.
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Chinese military aircraft are to be painted with "low observable" coatings and standardised markings under new guidelines, a move observers say will assist with operations near Taiwan and in the East and South China seas.
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Where you may find it: Perchloroethylene, also known as perc, is a solvent widely used in dry-cleaning chemicals, automotive-care products, cleaning and furniture-care products, lubricants, greases, adhesives, sealants and paints and coatings.
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The fabrics were first sprayed with a mixture containing conductive silver nanoflakes, followed by a second layer of polytetrafluoroethylene (an ingredient used in the creation of Teflon coatings) to encapsulate the flakes and create electrodes.
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AMSTERDAM, March 9 (Reuters) - Akzo Nobel NV, the Dutch paints and coatings maker, said on Thursday it has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from U.S. rival PPG Industries Inc, saying the bid "undervalued" its company.
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Dutch paints and coatings business AkzoNobel has set itself the target of being carbon neutral and using 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, while insurance giant AXA has targeted 100 percent renewable electricity by 2025.
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It is a chance to greatly expand in a Chinese chemicals market worth an estimated $1.5 trillion a year, feeding plastics, coatings and adhesives to the southern province's fast-growing consumer electronics and automotive sectors.
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This crucial part of the U.S. manufacturing sector uses byproducts from oil and natural gas to make the building blocks for the products Americans use on a daily basis, from water bottles to pill coatings.
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It also noted that PPG estimated that divestments of up to 10 percent of the combined companies' paints and coatings operations could be needed to achieve regulatory approval, accounting for 2.3 billion euros of annual sales.
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I personally didn't find this a huge problem, and these coatings do tend to wear out pretty quickly in my experience, but it does mean the phone feels less than pristine in a matter of seconds.
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Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel on Wednesday met analyst expectations with a 19 percent increase in core profit to 248 million euros ($278.2 million), as higher prices and cost savings offset raw material inflation.
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Akzo Nobel NV, the Dutch paints and coatings group, is set to reject a takeover offer by its U.S. rival PPG Industries Inc as soon as early this week, according to people close to the process.
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Ernie ButtonThere are some practical applications for this work, namely improving the uniformity of coatings in various industrial applications—like 3D printers, which use a technique called liquid deposition to buildup layers upon layers during printing.
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Clariant's fourth-quarter sales and operating profit fell, as the Swiss specialty chemicals maker saw its plastics and coatings business hurt by softening demand in Asia and Europe and exchange rates wiped out underlying sales growth.
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Shares in Covestro, a maker of transparent plastics, foam chemicals and coatings ingredients, are trading at around 70 euros ($73.5) apiece, well above the offer price of 24 euros at Covestro's stock market listing in October.
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It can be difficult to measure chemical compounds in coatings, paints and other products because they are volatile by nature, and can convert into hundreds of different intermediate species before eventually creating carbon dioxide and water.
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The team was also able to blend coatings of two different colors — green and red — that combine to make a shade that is almost completely impossible to see through, and different settings can produce various shades.
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READ MORE: The MUNCHIES Guide to Drinking in Public This Summer Disclaimer: Be careful around fire and try to avoid grilling in a metal object that has a strong chance of being covered in carcinogenic coatings.
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Ed Mis has lived in his home in Hamburg, New York, for the past eight years, and while the neighborhood has seen ice coatings before, he said this is the first time it's been this bad.
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Where you may find it: Asbestos has not been manufactured in the United States since 2002, but imports surged last year, and it is still used in certain vehicle braking systems, asphalt roof coatings and gaskets.
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The soap is highly-concentrated, so you won't need loads of it to create a lot of suds, and the formula is pH balanced, which means that it won't strip away waxes, sealants, or protective coatings.
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Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel has so far successfully used that to fend off a takeover approach from U.S. coatings maker PPG, saying that such a bid would be bad for employees, society and the environment.
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By working hard and never giving up, my partner and I built GMM into one of the largest nonstick coatings companies in the world, employing hundreds of people and supplying nearly every iconic American housewares brand.
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Helly Hansen LIFA Infinity Pro Technology — available in fall 2020Helly Hansen has created a new fabric that is waterproof, water-repelling, breathable, and lightweight, yet it uses no chemicals, coatings, or solvents to achieve those attributes.
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Akzo Nobel, the Dutch maker of paints and industrial coatings which owns the Flexa and Dulux brands, reported fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday that were lower than expected, as sales dipped amid weak demand from carmakers.
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Colorcon, a 58-year-old company that develops, supplies and supports specialty products for the pharmaceutical industry — think food colorants, nutritional coatings, the film on time-release medications — is getting into the business of funding startups.
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FRANKFURT, June 13 (Reuters) - BASF continues to expect a slight improvement in global automotive demand in 2019, a spokesman said on Thursday, even after the chemicals giant unveiled some job cuts at its German coatings operation.
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"We recognized that because the chitin nanofibers are positively charged, and the cellulose nanocrystals are negatively charged, they might work well as alternating layers in coatings because they would form a nice interface between them," Meredith said.
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Perry said that, if analyzed correctly, there should be a way to produce plants that are insect- and pest-resistant through the use of microbes, which could help assuage consumers to buy produce yielded through Indigo coatings.
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AMSTERDAM, March 5 (Reuters) - Akzo Nobel has nominated Nils Smedegaard Andersen to become chairman of its supervisory board subject to approval by its annual shareholders meeting in April, the Dutch paints and coatings maker said on Monday.
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Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected 36% jump in second-quarter core profit to 2300 million euros ($210 million), as higher prices and cost savings offset raw material inflation.
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In 2017, Clariant announced a planned merger with Huntsman, only to have this derailed by White Tale, whose owners instead suggested the Swiss firm consider selling off plastics and coatings and review all alternatives for the rest.
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The deal would combine the world's two biggest makers of paints and coatings and PPG reckons it can achieve savings of $750 million thanks to factors such as economies of scale on production and lowering input costs.
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Ten years later I had built GMM into one of the largest suppliers of nonstick coatings in the world, and we were acquired by a multibillion-dollar conglomerate in one of the largest buyouts in our industry.
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AMSTERDAM, April 24 (Reuters) - Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel on Tuesday reported a larger-than-expected 28 percent drop in first-quarter core profit, as sales in the marine and oil industry continued to decline.
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Curtiss-Wright manufactures a range of components for the U.S. military's naval, air and ground systems, including sensors and coatings for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and pumps and valves on nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers.
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The fabrication flight team inspects and evaluates the jets' coatings, seams and panels after each flight, looking for anything that could lead to an increased radar signature, recording any damage and prioritizing repairs across the wing's fleet.
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DGL Camel International, which makes coating materials for building products, will retain business for the Selleys brand in Hong Kong and China along with a small part of the coatings portfolio, the company said in a statement.
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Under a reorganization announced on Friday, Akzo said it will realign management along four geographical lines for paints and there will be four "integrated coatings business units" resumably by product line, although the company did not elaborate.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Charles Shaver, the outgoing CEO of coatings maker Axalta, is set to take the top job at the chemicals division of Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel, the division's prospective owners Carlyle and GIC said on Monday.
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To that end, a company called Apeel says it has formulated a coating that doubles the ripeness window of avocados, which it deployed in Costco this week (citrus and asparagus suppliers have also been using Apeel's coatings). How?
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Vanlancker has cut Buechner's profit goals, made in the heat of the takeover battle, twice in the space of six weeks, blaming disruption caused by hurricane Harvey, rising raw materials costs and "headwinds" at its marine coatings business.
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Sherwin-Williams – The paint maker was added to the "Conviction Buy" list at Goldman Sachs, which said the company will be supported by a strong housing market, price increases, and benefits from the acquisition of coatings maker Valspar.
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While Corning also works on coatings that help eliminate fingerprints, glass for the backs of phones, and materials to etch 3-D designs on glass with inkjet imaging, preventing screen breakage during drops is Gorilla's No. 1 priority.
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The Commission, which oversees competition policy in the 28-nation European Union, expressed concern earlier on over the relatively high market share the merged entity would have in precipitated silica, used in tires, toothpaste, defoamers, paints and coatings.
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Both moves, if completed, would make Akzo a less attractive target for PPG, although the U.S. company has said the primary reason for the takeover would be synergies of $750 million between the companies' paints and coatings businesses.
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Centre, a small city in northern Alabama, has sued 3M Co, DuPont and several other chemical companies and carpet makers, accusing them of polluting its water supply with toxic chemicals used in making nonstick and stain-proof coatings.
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A military insider in Beijing said the US move to send hundreds of its new-generation F-35 stealth fighter jets to South Korea and Japan had also pushed the PLA to upgrade the coatings on its aircraft.
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The move was driven by the company's desire to proactively stay on top of a wave of consolidation sweeping the paints and coatings industry, according to people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss confidential deliberations.
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Among the cases brought by federal prosecutors last year was that of You Xiaorong, a researcher who left a job in Atlanta in which she researched BPA-free coatings for beverage cans used by the Coca-Cola Company.
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Among the cases brought by federal prosecutors last year was that of You Xiaorong, a researcher who left a job in Atlanta in which she researched BPA-free coatings for beverage cans used by the Coca-Cola Company.
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The European Union, which underwrote a project to develop coatings from whey and potato proteins from 2011 to 2015, estimates that the global market for so-called bioplastics is growing by as much as 30 percent each year.
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To test LESS, the researchers applied the coatings to glass and ceramic and then dripped and dropped dyed water and "synthetic fecal matter" — a mix of seven ingredients, including yeast, peanut oil, and miso — onto the coated surface.
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