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PPG acquiring US Powder maker
PPG have announced that it has completed its acquisition of Alpha Coating Technologies, LLC (“Alpha”), a manufacturer of powder coatings for light industrial applications and heat sensitive...
Feature: Winds of change
The exponential growth of wind power shows little sign of slowing down. Oil price fluctuations and shale gas have dented growth in the US, but subsidies continue to support new installations. Europe, China, India and South Africa are major growth areas. By nature, the...
AkzoNobel buys BASF Industrial Coatings
AkzoNobel has finalized the acquisition of BASF's global Industrial Coatings business, which supplies a range of products for industries including construction, domestic appliances, wind energy and commercial transport, strengthening its position as the global number...
ISO for hull performance offers yardstick for coatings
The long-awaited publication of the International Standards Organisation guidelines for measuring hull and propeller performance has now been published. Initial hopes for the ISO suggested that it might provide a means of comparing the efficiency of hull coatings,...
Canadian operators opt for full ice protection
Subsea Industries have announced that the Océan Taiga, North America’s most powerful ice-going tug, will feature the Ecospeed coating system. The vessel is owned by Groupe Océan, who already use the hard coating on nine of their other vessels. Groupe Océan’s first...
Aircraft specialist coating restoration of the Avro Vulcan XM603 finally revealed at Avro Heritage Museum, Cheshire.
The flourishing Avro Heritage Museum, located in Woodford, Cheshire, has revealed its largest renovation project, the Avro Vulcan XM603, to the media and public. The heritage museum opened its doors on October 8th 2015, with the Avro Vulcan XM603 being one of the...
Elcometer revolutionises coating thickness inspection on conrete substrates
[Manchester, UK] - The non-destructive measurement of dry film thickness on concrete is now more accurate, faster and much easier than ever before, thanks to the new Elcometer 500 Coating Thickness Gauge for coatings on concrete. With all the features that you have...
PDA Europe 10th Annual Conference
November 15th 2016 (Brussels, Belgium) Ninety eight polyurea industry representatives from across Europe gathered at the PDA Europe Annual Conference and Exhibition from 8 to 9 November in Nice, France. PDA Europe, the Polyurea Development Association in Europe, has...
Frozen Solid
The demands on a coating for low temperature environments are rarely as challenging as on the Halley VI research station, now sitting on the 130 metre-thick Brunt Ice Shelf in the Antarctic Weddell Sea. Typical winter temperatures range from -20°C to -55°C. The ice...
Advanced spray pattern testing
As the result of increasing sensitivity and resolution of novel capacitive sensor array technology, designers working on applications in fluid and gas spray are now gaining valuable insight and information into particle impact, distribution and accumulation,...
Queen Mary gets a fresh lick of paint
C harity, Friends of TS Queen Mary rescued the ship from almost certain demise after she was found languishing in a dockyard on the Thames Estuary, several years after serving as a floating bar and restaurant in London. The charity raised £300,000, enabling her to be...
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New factory protection
World renowned British Motorsport and Advanced Technology business Prodrive is entering the last stages of its facility move across the road, to a new factory opposite their headquarters of 30 years in Banbury, UK. After being handed the keys to the new site in April...
Protecting London Wall Place
Sherwin-Williams has secured a further contract working on a major landmark development in London for the project London Wall Place. This follows projects for iconic buildings including The Shard, The Leadenhall Building, Tower Bridge, St Pancreas Station, Heathrow...
New offshore coating
PPG Protective & Marine Coatings has used the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2016 in Houston to showcase its new PHENGUARD SUBSEA coating system. The company claims its new PHENGUARD SUBSEA 610 and PHENGUARD SUBSEA 780 product combination is the ideal...
Industrial coatings sale
BASF and AkzoNobel have reached a general agreement on the sale of the industrial coatings business of BASF’s Coatings division to AkzoNobel for €475 million. The transaction would include technologies, patents and trademarks, as well as the transfer of two dedicated...