Market Flash

Zion Market Research, the market research group announced the analysis report titled ‘Personal Care Ingredients Market: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016–2024‘

• personal care

The global glycerin market is estimated to be valued at US$ 1,408.5 Mn by the end of 2016 and this is expected to increase to US$ 2,144.2 Mn by 2024, registering a CAGR of 5.4%.

• Glycerin
• personal care

The average woman uses 12 personal care products a day containing a staggering 168 different chemicals.

• beauty
• toxic

DKSH, a leading Market Expansion Services provider, has expanded its personal care innovation center in Barcelona, Spain.

• personal care
• DKSH
• Spain

The final numbers are remarkable: With more than 30,000 visitors from more than 100 countries and over 1,100 exhibitors the ECS broke all records. The organizers and most important the visitors and exhibitors can look back to a successful trade show.

• European
• Coating

UFP Technologies Inc. has expanded its FlexShield product line to include polyurethane-based sterile barrier integrity protection for almost all medical devices.

• polyurethane
• UFP
• FlexShield

SprayWorks Equipment Group’s Owner and Inventor, Jim Davidson, celebrates 50 years in the polyurethane industry.

• Jim Davidson
• polyurethane

When a Dutch ship builder required a new slipway liner that could handle a speedboat exiting and entering its offshore patrol vessel through a rear bay, the company selected a custom polyurethane from Argonics.

• polyurethane
• Dutch

Waterborne polyurethane coatings are used in applications such as coatings, graphic arts, and adhesives.

• Waterborne
• Polyurethane

Trelleborg’s applied technologies operation inaugurated its new purpose built facility in Retford, England, further enhancing its polyurethane manufacturing capabilities.

• Trelleborg
• polyurethane
• UK

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced today its proposal to list spray polyurethane foam insulation (SPF) materials containing unreacted methylene diphenyl diisocyanates (MDI)

• California
• polyurethane

Additives Market 2017 by Type, Application, End-Use Industry, and Region - Global Forecast to 2021 with Covestro, BASF, Dow Chemical & Huntsman International Dominating

• polyurethane

British Coatings Federation Offering New Range of Classroom-based Courses in Coatings Technology

• British
• coating

New TEGO Color Aid technology from Evonik expands the potential uses of pigment concentrates in paints and coatings based on alkyd resins.

• TEGO
• coating

Axalta Coating Systems has introduced a collection of colors for its Alesta® Super Durable powder coatings.

• coating
• ICONICA
• Milan

Two New DIC Corp. Resins Delivered by Sun Chemical Creates Premium Look for Auto Interior Plastics

• coating
• DIC

Vermont Natural Coatings, in partnership with Norton Abrasives, has launched Amber Sealer as the latest addition to its co-branded line of PolyWhey Professional Wood Floor products.

• coating
• Vermont

China will push its drive to cut overcapacity in bloated sectors, with targets to slash steel production capacity by around 50 million tonnes and coal by at least 150 million tonnes this year, according to a government work report ...

• Steel
• Coal

China seriously questions the anti-dumping survey methods and decision of the European Union (EU), which announced exorbitant tariffs on steel products from China, said a commerce official on Thursday.

• Steel
• EU
• China

China is aiming to produce 4.4 million mt recycled copper and and 9 million mt of recycled aluminum by 2020, in line with the central government's goal of using more recycled resources to be eco-friendly, the Henan Provincial ...

• Copper