Atotech, a specialty chemicals technology and electroplating solutions company, celebrated the inauguration of its new production site in Querétaro, Mexico, on July 18. The site is located at Parque Industrial Aeropuerto (PIA) Colón and has a capacity to produce 33 tons/day.
To date, the commercialization of graphene has been more of a “material push” rather than a “market pull”; a solution looking for a problem. In this first phase, there were numerous technical and commercial barriers to overcome, which in materials science does not happen overnight.
To further expand its presence in Ontario, Uni-Select Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Maslack Supply Limited, a family-owned and operated company that was founded in 1959 and has 13 locations across northern Ontario.
IGM Resins, a Netherlands-based global provider of energy curing raw material solutions, recently acquired Litian, a Chinese manufacturer of energy curing resins.
Polimeros Especiales is a privately owned Mexican company producing high performance waterborne resins for a broad range of applications in markets such as architectural and decorative paints, textiles, pressure sensitive adhesives and construction.
The ROSS Vertical Blender is designed for reliable and gentle mixing of friable solids, abrasive materials, and shear-sensitive products.
Lorama Group Inc. recently announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement to represent the full line of Delta Specialties additives.
Paul N. Gardner USA, global distributors, producers, and designers of quality physical and inspection instruments for the paint, coatings, and related industries, has introduced a new offering: The compact, portable Sling Psychrometer.
On September 13 and 14, The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) will host Powder Coating 101 – Powder Coating Done Right: The Basics in Cambridge, Ont., a first for the institute in Canada.
Nouryon, a global specialty chemicals manufacturer, announced that five of its manufacturing sites in Brazil are carbon neutral.
Read more: Nouryon Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal at Five Sites
Feature Video: DeVilbiss TEKNA Gun Flexes on Muscle Car Show
Carlisle Fluid Technologies’ DeVilbiss TEKNA spray gun was recently featured on an episode of Detroit Muscle on Power Nation TV to bring a 1973 AMC Javelin back to life. Featuring a high finish quality and operator ergonomics, The TEKNA gun’s high transfer efficiency provides materials savings for solvent or waterbase paints.
The spray gun technology, which has been used in automotive refinishing processes for many years, is designed to spray all types of materials and comes with high efficiency or HVLP air caps that produce large spray patterns with even material distribution.
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New Digital Solution Helps Customers Bring Colours to Life
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings has developed a new web application 3D colour visualization tool within its Interpon webshop to help customers better understand how a powder coating’s colour, texture and finish that look good in theory, will actually appear in reality.
The tool provides instant access to thousands of colours in the Interpon range. Using a 360-degree dynamic camera and simulated lighting, the customer is given a true-to-life image of how the colour performs to a degree of accuracy and realism not possible before in a virtual environment.
Rather than the image being ‘flat’, the customer can orientate the ‘virtual’ panel to see how the light reflects and the colour looks from different angles. Read More