April 2023 – PCE International

AkzoNobel and Philips welcome Damen Shipyards to pioneering antifouling partnership

26 April 2023 Mark Langdon Comments Off

Damen Shipyards has joined AkzoNobel and Philips to help further develop a pioneering fouling control solution which uses UV-C light technology to keep ships’ underwater hulls clean

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Energy savings with innovative paint solutions

26 April 2023 Mark Langdon Comments Off

Security of energy supply and rising energy prices are becoming an issue across the whole of Europe and the coatings industry is not immune to this challenge explains Teknos

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Brand Updates

AkzoNobel to acquire Chinese Decorative Paints business from Sherwin-Williams

24 April 2023 Mark Langdon Comments Off

AkzoNobel is to further strengthen its China position after reaching an agreement with Sherwin-Williams to acquire its Chinese Decorative Paints business

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Feature: The importance of preventive maintenance and calibration

20 April 2023 Satzuma-Creative Comments Off

Torsten Ruppert, ATLAS International Service Manager, explains the importance of preventive maintenance and calibration for weathering instruments.

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New training centres for Belzona

11 April 2023 Mark Langdon Comments Off

Belzona has opened its fifth SuperWrap II Training Centre on the European continent in partnership with its Dutch Distributor, Perspect Benelux.

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PPG’s 30-year coatings protection for the world’s largest sea lock

7 April 2023 Mark Langdon Comments Off

Arjan van Vliet, PPG KAM/Segment Sales Manager Infrastructure Europe, discusses the coating of the world’s largest sea lock.

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Brand Updates

HMG’s launches a tint above the rest

5 April 2023 Mark Langdon Comments Off

HMG Paints manufactures its own range of colourants and has added to its portfolio with the launch of KROSS Tints.

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Black is black

3 April 2023 Mark Langdon Comments Off

A Paint Research Association (PRA) project involved identifying the best performing dispersant for a ‘high colour’ carbon black pigment, out of three potential candidates

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Brand Updates

The heat is on

2 April 2023 Mark Langdon Comments Off

Having extended its long-running partnership with McLaren Racing in 2022, AkzoNobel has remained its official supplier of coatings solutions for the last 14 years.

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Elite team support from AkzoNobel

1 April 2023 Mark Langdon Comments Off

Two of the boats competing in the latest edition of The Ocean Race have been coated with high-performance products supplied by AkzoNobel’s Yacht Coatings business.

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