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Milliken acquires Keystone Aniline to better serve global colorant customers
FOCUS US: Heubach expands capacity for anticorrosive pigments Heubach is building a 4000 tonnes/y anticorrosive pigments plant at Heucotech, Fairless Hills, PA, USA. Production is scheduled to begin at end2017. The investment is intended to serve the rising global demand for highquality and, specifically, zinc-free anticorrosives. Original Source: PPCJ, Polymers, Paint, Colour Journal, Apr 2017, 207 (4630), 7 (Website: http://www.polymerspaintcolourjournal.com/) © dmg events (MEA) Ltd 2017.
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Longyu Pigment & Chemicals. Longyu already has similar sales deals in place in Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru. The company provides several pigments for the automotive refinish, industrial and architectural markets. Together with United Colors, Longyu offers phthalocyanine, solvent-borne and azo pigments under the brands North American, Meixu and Hongying. Original Source: Coatings World, May 2017, 22 (5), 30 (Website: http://www.coatingsworld. com) © Rodman Media 2017.
Compounder of the month: Compounding Solutions
COMPANIES AkzoNobel invests €12.6 M in new innovation hub in the UK AkzoNobel is investing €12.6 M in a new research and innovation centre in Felling, UK, for the development of protective coatings for the mining, oil/gas, energy, and infrastructure sectors. Over 100 coatings specialists will be employed at the hub. Original Source: PPCJ, Polymers, Paint, Colour Journal, Mar 2017, 207 (4629), 4 (Website: http://www.polymerspaintcolourjournal.com/) © dmg events (MEA) Ltd 2017.
Europe: Chemours navigates TiO2 backlog Following a force majeure for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in Apr 2017, US-headquartered Chemours is steering through a backlog in its TiO2 business. The force majeure was announced due to the delays in shipment on the back of extreme weather in the Atlantic, and labour interruption at the port of Antwerp, Belgium. Original Source: ICIS Chemical Business, 5-11 May 2017, 291 (18), 7 (Website: http://www. icis.com) © Reed Business Information Limited 2017.
China’s Longyu expands South America network Quimica Soraire, a member of the Asociacion Tecnologica Iberoamericana de Pinturas, Adhesivos y Tintas (Atipat), has been chosen by China-based Longyu Pigment & Chemicals as its distributor in Argentina. The deal was made via Union Colors, the international marketing arm of
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Compounding Solutions manufactured 11,000 tonnes of products and recorded $7.5 M in sales in 2016, according to AMI's estimated data. The firm produces masterbatch concentrates for radioopacity, frictional modification and colouring of medical polymers. The company also sells a line of medical TPEs. Based in Maine, US, Compounding Solutions employs 70 people. Original Source: Compounding World, Apr 2017, 88 (Website: http://www.amiplastics. com/mags) © Applied Market Information Ltd 2017.
Merck KGaA and Schmid Rhyner collaborate for 3D effect printing technology Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has found a strategic partner for its innovative 3D effect printing technology. The effect pigment specialist will work together with Schmid Rhyner AG, to further develop and commercialize its virtual embossing (VE3D) technology. The aim of the partnership is to establish the purely optical 3D solution with the effect pigment technology from Merck KGaA on the packaging market. Merck KGaA has already achieved significant success with a similar 3D process for manufacturing plastic package components in an injection moulding process. For that purpose, the pigments expert found a strategic partner last autumn. VE3D is a patented process for printing applications. Its eye-catching 3D optics imparts a special look to products with printed package components such as cartons and paper labels. The technology tricks the eye by giving images, graphics and text elements a three-dimensional appearance, whereas the printed surface itself is completely flat. Due to the innovative technology from Merck KGaA the special depth effect is created inline during the
printing process. It can be used in UV flexo and UV gravure printing as well as in offset coating. It makes complex, additional processes, which were formerly needed to produce a 3D effect, superfluous. Original Source: Merck KGaA, 2017. Found on SpecialChem Coatings and Inks Formulation, 3 May 2017 (Website: http://www. specialchem4coatings.com).
Acquisitions Colour producer rejects third takeover bid from PPG Dutch paint producer AkzoNobel has rejected US-based PPG's third takeover offer worth €26.9 bn or €96.75/share. To deter PPG, Akzo now intends to sell its chemical business valued at around €8 bn. Original Source: Handelsblatt Wirtschafts- und Finanzzeitung, 8 May 2017 (Website: http:// www.handelsblatt.com) (in German) © Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt GmbH & Co KG 2017.
Milliken acquires Keystone Aniline to better serve global colorant customers Milliken & Company, a leading supplier of polymer-bound colorants and additives, announced that it has acquired Keystone Aniline Corp, a global leader in dyes, pigments, pigment dispersions and polymers, headquartered in Chicago, IL, US. Customers will see enhanced reliability of supply through Milliken's acquisition of Keystone's multiple facilities around the world. Both Milliken and Keystone currently provide colorant technologies to the agricultural, plastics, coatings, inks and household institutional and industrial markets. Their customers rarely overlap because the two companies had specialized in different product areas. With a core focus on polymeric colorants, Milliken's Performance Colorants & Ingredients business is renowned for its innovative chemistry and ability to synthesize new molecules, while Keystone brings exceptional formulation skills and application development technology to the table. Original Source: Eurasian Chemical Market, 18 Apr 2017 (Website: http://www. chemmarket.info/en/) © Eurasian chemical market 2005-2017. Original Source: Chemical and Engineering News, 24 Apr 2017, 95 (17), 11 (Website: http://cen.acs.org/ index.html) © American Chemical Society 2017.
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Longyu Pigment & Chemicals. Longyu already has similar sales deals in place in Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru. The company provides several pigments for the automotive refinish, industrial and architectural markets. Together with United Colors, Longyu offers phthalocyanine, solvent-borne and azo pigments under the brands North American, Meixu and Hongying. Original Source: Coatings World, May 2017, 22 (5), 30 (Website: http://www.coatingsworld. com) © Rodman Media 2017.
Compounder of the month: Compounding Solutions
COMPANIES AkzoNobel invests €12.6 M in new innovation hub in the UK AkzoNobel is investing €12.6 M in a new research and innovation centre in Felling, UK, for the development of protective coatings for the mining, oil/gas, energy, and infrastructure sectors. Over 100 coatings specialists will be employed at the hub. Original Source: PPCJ, Polymers, Paint, Colour Journal, Mar 2017, 207 (4629), 4 (Website: http://www.polymerspaintcolourjournal.com/) © dmg events (MEA) Ltd 2017.
Europe: Chemours navigates TiO2 backlog Following a force majeure for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in Apr 2017, US-headquartered Chemours is steering through a backlog in its TiO2 business. The force majeure was announced due to the delays in shipment on the back of extreme weather in the Atlantic, and labour interruption at the port of Antwerp, Belgium. Original Source: ICIS Chemical Business, 5-11 May 2017, 291 (18), 7 (Website: http://www. icis.com) © Reed Business Information Limited 2017.
China’s Longyu expands South America network Quimica Soraire, a member of the Asociacion Tecnologica Iberoamericana de Pinturas, Adhesivos y Tintas (Atipat), has been chosen by China-based Longyu Pigment & Chemicals as its distributor in Argentina. The deal was made via Union Colors, the international marketing arm of
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Compounding Solutions manufactured 11,000 tonnes of products and recorded $7.5 M in sales in 2016, according to AMI's estimated data. The firm produces masterbatch concentrates for radioopacity, frictional modification and colouring of medical polymers. The company also sells a line of medical TPEs. Based in Maine, US, Compounding Solutions employs 70 people. Original Source: Compounding World, Apr 2017, 88 (Website: http://www.amiplastics. com/mags) © Applied Market Information Ltd 2017.
Merck KGaA and Schmid Rhyner collaborate for 3D effect printing technology Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has found a strategic partner for its innovative 3D effect printing technology. The effect pigment specialist will work together with Schmid Rhyner AG, to further develop and commercialize its virtual embossing (VE3D) technology. The aim of the partnership is to establish the purely optical 3D solution with the effect pigment technology from Merck KGaA on the packaging market. Merck KGaA has already achieved significant success with a similar 3D process for manufacturing plastic package components in an injection moulding process. For that purpose, the pigments expert found a strategic partner last autumn. VE3D is a patented process for printing applications. Its eye-catching 3D optics imparts a special look to products with printed package components such as cartons and paper labels. The technology tricks the eye by giving images, graphics and text elements a three-dimensional appearance, whereas the printed surface itself is completely flat. Due to the innovative technology from Merck KGaA the special depth effect is created inline during the
printing process. It can be used in UV flexo and UV gravure printing as well as in offset coating. It makes complex, additional processes, which were formerly needed to produce a 3D effect, superfluous. Original Source: Merck KGaA, 2017. Found on SpecialChem Coatings and Inks Formulation, 3 May 2017 (Website: http://www. specialchem4coatings.com).
Acquisitions Colour producer rejects third takeover bid from PPG Dutch paint producer AkzoNobel has rejected US-based PPG's third takeover offer worth €26.9 bn or €96.75/share. To deter PPG, Akzo now intends to sell its chemical business valued at around €8 bn. Original Source: Handelsblatt Wirtschafts- und Finanzzeitung, 8 May 2017 (Website: http:// www.handelsblatt.com) (in German) © Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt GmbH & Co KG 2017.
Milliken acquires Keystone Aniline to better serve global colorant customers Milliken & Company, a leading supplier of polymer-bound colorants and additives, announced that it has acquired Keystone Aniline Corp, a global leader in dyes, pigments, pigment dispersions and polymers, headquartered in Chicago, IL, US. Customers will see enhanced reliability of supply through Milliken's acquisition of Keystone's multiple facilities around the world. Both Milliken and Keystone currently provide colorant technologies to the agricultural, plastics, coatings, inks and household institutional and industrial markets. Their customers rarely overlap because the two companies had specialized in different product areas. With a core focus on polymeric colorants, Milliken's Performance Colorants & Ingredients business is renowned for its innovative chemistry and ability to synthesize new molecules, while Keystone brings exceptional formulation skills and application development technology to the table. Original Source: Eurasian Chemical Market, 18 Apr 2017 (Website: http://www. chemmarket.info/en/) © Eurasian chemical market 2005-2017. Original Source: Chemical and Engineering News, 24 Apr 2017, 95 (17), 11 (Website: http://cen.acs.org/ index.html) © American Chemical Society 2017.
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