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  1. Wendel: Stahl To Acquire ICP Industrial Solutions Group, Significantly Growing And Diversifying Its Specialty Coatings Activity 2/6/2023

    Wendel (Euronext: MF.FP) announces today that Stahl has signed an agreement to acquire ICP Industrial Solutions Group (ISG), a leader in high-performance packaging coatings, which will reinforce Stahl’s position as the global leader in the field of specialty coatings for flexible materials.

  2. vivo Launches X90 Series Flagship Smartphones Internationally 2/3/2023

    vivo today announced the global launch of X90 and X90 Pro, the company's latest X90 series flagship smartphones. The series delivers a whole new set of advanced camera features and all-around performance upgrades powered by a state-of-the-art dual flagship chip technology featuring vivo's exclusive V2 chip, in addition to the company's continuous collaboration with ZEISS in terms of imaging and camera system innovation, including optics, antireflective coating, software and system integrations.

  3. Eastman Acquires Dalian Ai-Red Technology 2/1/2023

    Eastman Chemical Company announced it has acquired Ai-Red Technology (Dalian) Co., Ltd., a manufacturer and supplier of paint protection and window film for auto and architectural markets in the Asia Pacific region.

  4. Hydrophilic Coatings From The Roll – Retrofitting Facades And Solar Panels Easily With Ultra-Thin Glass 1/24/2023

    Cleaning glass facades and solar installations is expensive and time-consuming. Dirt reduces the yield of solar modules. Reasons enough to research surfaces that minimize this effort. The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP has now succeeded within the European Union-funded NewSkin project (GA: 862100) in applying crystalline titanium oxide to ultra-thin glass using a roll-to-roll process, thus achieving hydrophobic surfaces that become superhydrophilic under UV light. Initial results of this showcase of some of the NewSkin open access upscaling facilities will be presented at the Fraunhofer joint booth, No. C2-528, during BAU 2023, April 17 – 22, in Munich, Germany.

  5. Simply The First Choice For Tinted HMG Paints In Bedfordshire 1/23/2023

    Companies in Bedfordshire and beyond now have a simple choice when it comes to purchasing tinted HMG Paints products. As Barton Le Clay based Simply Coatings have completed the installation of a brand-new UNIT Tinting scheme.

  6. BYK Production Expansion Successfully Completed In Shanghai 1/19/2023

    For BYK, a leading global manufacturer of specialty chemicals, the Shanghai integrated site is the second production facility in China following BYK Tongling. The total investment of the phase II project (SCIP II), covering an area of 1.16 hectares, is in the low double-digit million euro amount, and the site is designed for an annual capacity of 4,750 tons.

  7. Pincroft Takes A Step Forward In Sustainable Textile Finishing 1/16/2023

    At Pincroft we have adopted a new environmentally friendly technology for the finishing of fabrics for a wide number of sectors and applications.

  8. ICL Introduces Revolutionary Biodegradable CRF Technology 1/16/2023

    ICL introduces a revolutionary biodegradable coating technology for its controlled release fertilisers (CRF) in the turf market: eqo.s technology.

  9. ‘Smart’ Coating Could Make Fabrics Into Protective Gear 1/13/2023

    Adurable copper-based coating developed by Dartmouth researchers can be precisely integrated into fabric to create responsive and reusable materials such as protective equipment, environmental sensors, and smart filters, according to a recent study.

  10. Sono-Tek Announces Second Order Exceeding $1.1M From Clean Energy Sector 1/12/2023

    Sono-Tek Corporation (Nasdaq: SOTK), the leading developer and manufacturer of ultrasonic coating systems, today announced that it has received an additional order for a production volume coating line valued at more than $1.1 million from an existing customer in the clean energy sector.