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AkzoNobel and McLaren partnership

AkzoNobel and McLaren Racing Extend Partnership Ahead of New F1 Season

AkzoNobel is providing its Sikkens vehicle refinish products for all painted parts of the MCL35M, as well as the team's transport, garage, and accessories.
March 23, 2021
McLaren Racing's 2021 Formula 1 car will again feature AkzoNobel's high-performance coatings, following an extension to the long-standing partnership which debuted in 2008.
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New Home Sales Higher in January

New home sales increased in the Midwest, the South, and the West, while decreasing in the Northeast.
March 10, 2021
Strong demand stemming from low interest rates, favorable demographics, and a suburban shift for home building to smaller, more affordable housing markets helped to lift new home sales in January 2021, but rising lumber and material costs threaten to blunt this momentum.
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Pretreatment Solutions for Improving Adhesion in Electronics Applications

Blown ion plasma and flame plasma are effective and repeatable treatment methods that take the guesswork out of electronics manufacturing bonding processes.
Wilson Lee
Wilson Lee
March 8, 2021

We rely on electronics for almost every aspect of our daily lives. With the advent of compact components and circuitry, it is difficult to think of many products that do not incorporate electronics in some fashion. What you might not think about is how fragile these electronics can be and how they can become easily damaged or degraded by environmental conditions.


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Meridian Adhesives Group Acquires GENTEC and FT Polymer

Both GENTEC and FT Polymer have been partners with Meridian's Electronics Division.
March 5, 2021
Meridian Adhesives Group recently announced its acquisition of GENTEC and FT Polymer, two Europe-based adhesive suppliers for the electronics, medical, aerospace, and automotive industries.
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PPG Completes VersaFlex Acquisition

VersaFlex is an aggregation of four U.S.-based protective coatings companies, consisting of legacy VersaFlex, Raven Lining Systems, Milamar Coatings, and Specialty Products Inc.
March 1, 2021
PPG recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of VersaFlex from DalFort Capital Partners.
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Eastern Coatings Show Rescheduled to November 2021

Organizers of the show rescheduled to November to provide additional time for vaccine distribution.
February 19, 2021
The Eastern Coatings Federation recently announced that the Eastern Coatings Show has been rescheduled to November 17-19, 2021, at Harrah's Resort in Atlantic City, N.J.
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AkzoNobel Opens R&D Lab for Low-Cure Powder Coatings

Dedicated to delivering low-cure powder coatings for use on heat-sensitive substrates, the new facility features an application lab, process lab, and an analytical and testing lab.
February 12, 2021
AkzoNobel has opened a new research center at its site in Como, Italy, that will develop products for the rapidly growing area of powder on wood.
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