Paint & Coating News
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BDO price rises to its peak! Downstream PBAT gains remain unchanged
As of March 1, the average domestic BDO producer price was 31,750 yuan/ton, an increase of 141.9% from February 1.BDO price2021-03-03
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Intensified M&A activity in the European coatings industry
The competition between Akzo Nobel, PPG and Haihong Elder for the acquisition of Tikkurila shows that in the next 1-2 years, more acquisition battles may occur in the European coatings industry.
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Acrylic acid and ester industry chain market may fluctuate at a high level
In February of 2021, the domestic acrylic acid and ester market experienced a historical high in the past 10 years, and the price soared to the extent that the market’s prices changed at the beginning of the day.
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Supply and demand status of China's chemical intermediate industry in 2021
Chemical intermediates use coal tar or petroleum products as chemical raw materials to manufacture pesticides, dyes, paints, pigments, chemicals and daily chemicals, and other 11 major types of fine chemicals.
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Novel self-healing material for potential application in space coatings
A new work describes a UV-responsive single-microcapsule self-healing material with enhanced UV-shielding SiO2/ZnO hybrid shell for potential application in space coatings.coating research2021-02-26
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Novel antiviral coating to reduce the spread of COVID-19
Academics at Northumbria University, Newcastle, are working to create a superhydrophobic – low friction – coating that enables surfaces to be functionalised in a way that destroys viruses whilst maintaining robust and easy-to-clean properties.coating covid-192021-02-26
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Phthalic anhydride price increases by 17% in a single day!
After the Spring Festival, the domestic market price of phthalic anhydride rose sharply. As of the 22nd, the price of phthalic anhydride was 7250 yuan/ton, a single-day increase of 17.41%.
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Titanium dioxide leader announces new business division!
Chemours announced that in the fourth quarter of 2020, the company will divide its original fluorine-containing products division into two new reportable divisions.
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Analysis of the coating material market this week
As of February 18, the average price of epichlorohydrin companies was 10900.00 yuan/ton. During the Spring Festival, the production enterprises of epichlorohydrin basically maintained normal production, and the fundamentals changed little
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Low temperature climate causes U.S. benzene prices to soar
On February 16, the spot price of benzene in the U.S. rose significantly. As the temperature on the U.S. Gulf Coast dropped below freezing, many refineries were shut down, but downstream styrene prices remained firm.benzene price2021-02-19
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The supply of petrochemical products in the Middle East market is tight.
Recently, the petrochemical market in the Middle East is facing a tight supply situation. In addition to the shutdown of some refinery plants, the more important reason is the shortage of container supply.
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