Market Flash

Clean Production Action (CPA) has launched GreenScreen Certified for Textile Chemicals at the Kingpins Show for the denim industry currently underway in Amsterdam.

• Textile
• Green

The construction market has always been cautious about allowing plastic products to replace traditional materials like wood, concrete, glass and metal. It's easy to understand why. These are products whose lifespans are defined in decades.

• Construction
• Plastic

After meat, cheese, cellphones and other consumer products that various government ministries have acted upon in recent months in order to reduce prices,

• Personal
• Care

To improve the oversight of personal home care services paid for by Medicaid, the solution is simple: Withhold money from states if they do not furnish the data that federal agencies require for monitoring.

• Medical
• Personal
• Care

Koller Beteiligungs GmbH, an interior parts supplier to automakers in Europe, has officially opened its first manufacturing operation in the Americas, just a few miles from Volkswagen AG's assembly plant, 82 miles southeast of Mexico City.

• Automakers
• Europe

The Federal University of Viçosa (UFV-MG) in Brazil has launched a new edition of the ‘Brazilian Tables for Poultry and Swine,’ which is considered one of the most important references in the formulation of feed for the global agribusiness industry.

• Feed
• Formulation

The demand for dairy products and meat is increasing by the day on account of growing population and the prevalence of a hectic lifestyle, making it essential for consumers to have a diet with everyday protein needs.

• Feed
• Additives

Textile entrepreneurs and yarn manufacturers from south Gujarat will be participating in the four-day-long 'Textile India-2017' being organized by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.

• Textile
• India
• Expo

Three new studies have restated the safety of the artificial colors Allura Red AC and Tartrazine, finding no health concerns at current levels of consumption and use, according to Food Navigator.

• Food Additives
• Colour Additives

Flowgard from Flowcrete Americas is a line of high-performance coatings for use on ceilings and walls. The range incorporates three abrasion and scratch resistant, non-porous epoxy coating systems, which offer the ability to ...

• Coating
• Ceilings
• and
• Walls

The Department of Energy has awarded $1.2 million to SurfTec LLC, a company affiliated with the U of A Technology Development Foundation, to continue developing a nanoparticle-based coating to replace lead-based journal ...

• Coating
• Novel

Textile Industry Comments On Causes Of Significant U.S. Trade Deficits; Urges Trump Administration To Take Remedial Action To Boost U.S. Production & Jobs

• Textile
• Fiber

The vast majority of metal objects will end up on the scrapheap in a rusty shell of their formers selves – we can’t alter the fact that they will rust, but we can delay it and prevent it as best we can.

• Coatings

Saudi Arabian Minister of Commerce and Investment, Dr Majid Al Kassabi is set to launch the Kingdom’s first paint and coating industrial committee on May 24th at the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) in Riyadh.

• Saudi
• Paint
• Coating

The association of Germany's chemical and pharmaceutical companies on Wednesday lifted its 2017 revenue estimate as strong demand allowed businesses to pass on higher materials costs to customers but it warned that price hikes would not continue.

• Germany

According to the research of CHEM, the total coating production in Europe reached 8.5 million mt in 2016,

• Coating
• Europe

The Global Food Additives Market was valued at US$ 45.05 billion in 2016, according to a new report published by Coherent Market Insights.

• Food Additives

According to the report published by MarketsandMarkets™, the deckrative paints and coating market is projected to grow from USD 87.06 Billion in 2016 to USD 114.72 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 5.7% from 2016 to 2021.

• Paint
• Coating

Researchers say they've now come up with a way to give nearly every surface touch-sensing tech.

• Paint
• Coating
• Touchpad

Leading beauty experts will offer novel tips to achieving a smooth and flawless look appropriate for every kind of occasion at the Beautyworld Middle East expo which kicks off on May 14 in Dubai, UAE.

• Beauty
• Cosmetics