Month: March 2020

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New textured resin coating

30 March 2020 Satzuma-Creative Comments Off on New textured resin coating
Royal DSM has announced the release of Skins Sandy, the newest addition to its Skins range of haptic coating resins. Like the other Skins resins, Sandy will enable brand owners and convertors to differentiate their products by adding an extra layer of sensory experience.

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Drone painters take flight

17 March 2020 Satzuma-Creative Comments Off on Drone painters take flight
Florida-based Apellix and AkzoNobel are collaborating on a computer-controlled spray painting drone. Apellix’s custom-built drone is tethered to the ground for its power and coating supply, but has the freedom to fly autonomously depending on […]
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Lasers to defeat barnacles?

13 March 2020 Satzuma-Creative Comments Off on Lasers to defeat barnacles?
Anti-fouling, ‘hydrophobic’ metal or plastic surfaces, engraved by a new laser technology being developed by European scientists, could soon replace the toxic varnishes used in ship coatings to stop algae or barnacles sticking to hulls […]
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PPG acquiring US Powder maker

6 March 2020 Satzuma-Creative 0
PPG have announced that it has completed its acquisition of Alpha Coating Technologies, LLC (“Alpha”), a manufacturer of powder coatings for light industrial applications and heat sensitive substrates. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in […]
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Hempel back in growth

3 March 2020 Satzuma-Creative 0
Hempel delivered 14 per cent growth and grew 2.5% organically in 2019. With the European decora-tive acquisition, J.W Ostendorf, fully integrated, Hempel is looking for new acquisitions in order to double in size. Hempel’s revenue […]