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A leading galvanizing business has more than doubled its footprint following a £1 million expansion project. Manchester Galvanizing Ltd has extended its site by around 5,500 square metres in a move to improve service, reduce lead times and create capacity for growth....

Replacing wooden decking on cruise ships and super yachts with resin-based coatings is leading to added sustainability as well as delivering innovative designs and practical flooring, say market leaders Bolidt. At a press preview of the opening of their new Rotterdam...

New York’s historic Hudson Yards development – which is changing the city’s iconic skyline – has reached its latest milestone with a major contribution from AkzoNobel coatings. The largest private real estate development in US history, the ongoing project recently saw...

Liquid and powder coatings supplier Axalta have announced expansion at their Landshut, Germany, site. The new facility adds a second production facility in the region for bonded metallic powder coatings alongside Axalta’s Montbrison plant in France, and will help meet...

Applied Graphene Materials, the producer of specialty graphene materials, is pleased to announce that Alltimes Coatings Ltd (Stroud, UK) a leading specialist in the supply and application of protective coatings for buildings, is launching its ground-breaking Advantage...

Subsea Industries has received an order for its specialist hull and rudder coatings for application on two Robert Allan Ltd. designed icebreaking tugs under construction at Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards. Located in Tuzla and Altinova, Sanmar Shipyards has been producing...

Axalta, global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has unveiled a spectrum of automotive colours designed for the future of automobiles in its 2019 Automotive Color Trend Report: Color Combo. The report showcases unique colour combinations, such as Comeback Duo...

AkzoNobel has announced plans to add three new production lines at its Changzhou powder coatings plant in China – the company’s largest facility of its kind in the world. The €3 million investment will support additional supplies of acrylic powder coatings, metallic...

A new antifouling coating containing the barnacle-repellent active agent Selektope® has been introduced to the market by Chugoku Marine Paints (CMP). SEA PREMIER 3000 PLUS is the eighth product developed by CMP that contains Selektope®, demonstrating the Japanese...

Nippon Paint Marine is incorporating Hydrogel, already used in the company’s LF-Sea 150 HyB and A-LF-Sea range of hull coatings, in its Ecoloflex SPC 200 range. Ecoloflex SPC 200 LF has been specifically developed to provide the wider commercial shipping sector with a...

Independent testing carried out at the VINCI Construction Technology Centre in Bedfordshire has officially confirmed that Intercrete 4841 (formerly Flexcrete’s Cementitious Coating 851) provides an effective barrier against chlorides lasting at least 30 years....

Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has hired Mr. Haibo Zhong as Head of Process and Analytics, a newly created department. He will work closely with a number of other APC departments and functions to establish and refine processes and techniques. APC is a world leader in...

Product innovation aimed at making the aerospace industry more sustainable has resulted in the launch of a new chromate-free exterior primer developed by AkzoNobel and Airbus. Newly qualified by Airbus and now included in the aircraft manufacturer's specifications,...

Customers who use architectural powder coatings no longer have to make a choice between applying a product that's either superdurable or flexible - because thanks to AkzoNobel, now they can have both. Interpon Structura Flex is the first and only powder range on the...

Axalta, global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has signed an agreement to develop a new, state-of-the-art facility in the Netherlands for its refinish business on 4 June 2019 at Provada, the biggest real estate exhibition in the Netherlands. Once construction...