Featuring more than 200 colors from the Dulux range, as well as samples of paint textures and patterns, experts are also on hand to provide counseling and real-time demonstrations of customized designs and colors chosen by customers via apps and in-store virtual reality devices.

Industrial Physics’ portfolio of brands address test and measurement needs in a range of industries with an emphasis on packaging and packaging-related applications including food and beverage, metal cans, flexible packaging, paper and plastics, paints and coatings, medical device, and consumer electronics.

The €400 million project is expected to increase the Evonik’s overall capacity for PA12 by more than 50 percent, the company reported.

The Allcolour acquisition provides 42 employees, industrial technology, manufacturing, and formulating capacity to the Cloverdale Paint Group. Allcolour will continue to operate as Allcolour in the short term but will be integrated into Cloverdale in the future. 

The customer training facility in Sydney will use Axalta’s latest coating technologies, industry-leading training techniques, and advanced digital tools to enable its customers to deliver the highest quality refinish solutions to the end-user, while increasing their productivity and profitability, the company stated.

The purpose of the new laboratory will be to offer formulation guidance, innovative solutions to overcome technical challenges, and product performance testing, IMCD stated.

The grand opening ceremony and facility tour featured presentations from both Steve Shifman, president & CEO of Michelman, and Kenneth Jarrett, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

According to AGC, this acquisition will give the company its first FDA-registered site in Europe in the synthetic pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) business.

As part as Nouryon’s expansion efforts in India, the company has upgraded and expanded operations at its organic peroxides facility in Mahad, which is close to completion, as well as a new monochloroacetic acid plant in Gujarat.

Joint efforts will begin during JEC World 2019, scheduled for March 13 in Paris where EuCIA will present the Eco Impact Calculator for Composites—a Life Cycle Analysis to allow the calculation of the environmental footprint related to a product, a process, or a service in terms of key impact parameters.