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Covestro to Acquire DSM’s Coating Resins Business

Covestro agreed to a purchase price of approximately €1.6 billion (~ $1.9 billion), which will be financed through a combination of equity and debt instruments.
October 5, 2020
Covestro recently announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Resins and Functional Materials business (RFM) of Royal DSM.
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Dow Outlines Details of Restructuring Program

Dow is implementing a restructuring program to reduce its global workforce costs by approximately 6% and to rationalize certain manufacturing assets.
October 1, 2020

Dow Inc. recently outlined a series of actions it will take in an effort to achieve structural cost improvement targets as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.


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AkzoNobel Receives Boeing Approval for Color Blending in China

QPL-approval status is an important milestone for the facility, which opened in 2017 to specifically serve the North and South Asian aviation market.
September 23, 2020
AkzoNobel recently announced that its Aerospace Coatings facility in Dongguan, China, has been qualified by Boeing to color blend the company’s Aerodur 3001 basecoat.
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Builder Confidence Soars to All-Time High while Lumber Risks Remain

The previous highest reading of 78 in the 35-year history of the series was set in December 1998 and matched last month.
September 21, 2020
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes increased five points to hit an all-time high of 83 in September, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
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Waterborne Symposium Issues Call for Papers

Papers are invited pertaining to new and emerging technologies related to materials, processes, production, characterization, application, and markets in the field of surface coatings.
September 11, 2020
Abstract submission for the 48th Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium is now open.
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Kraton Seeking Regulatory Approvals for Block Copolymer Use as Disinfectant

Depending on the regulatory approval process or certification requirements by country, Kraton believes that BIAXAM could be used as a coating on personal protective equipment (PPE) and as a replaceable peel-and-stick film for a broad range of applications.
September 10, 2020

Kraton Corp. recently announced that it is seeking regulatory approval for BIAXAM, a sulfonated polymer technology with long-lasting self-disinfecting properties that has been demonstrated in studies to quickly inactivate up to 99.99% of SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes COVID-19) and other microbes.


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