DECember 2022

Coatings World

Orion Engineered Carbons has reached a major sustainability milestone, becoming the first to achieve International Sustainability and Carbon Certifications (ISCC Plus) for multiple carbon black grades made from different feedstocks at plants in two regions of the world.

Tribune.net.ph

Sinclair Paints, one of the world’s most trusted and premium paint brands that originated in the USA back in 1928, has finally made its comeback in the Philippine market by launching breakthrough paint products at the recently held PhilConstruct Expo, the country’s largest and most anticipated annual event in the construction industry. Now dubbed as “The New Generation Paint,” Sinclair was officially launched by Magna Prime Chemical Technologies, Inc.

openPR

South East Asia (SEA) powder coatings market report published by Allied Market Research is expected to reach $295.9 million by 2022 from $222.7 million in 2015, with a CAGR of 4.2% from 2016 to 2022.The Indonesian powder coatings market is anticipated to remain the highest revenue contributor among other countries.

Coatings World

Innovations in the field of sustainability, durability and fabulous metallic colors of Interpon powder coatings for architects and specifiers will be the key themes of AkzoNobel Powder Coatings’ presence at the ZAK World of Facades Vietnam 2022 conference in Hanoi on Nov. 24, 2022.

European Coatings

In the Asia-Pacific region, around 70 percent of Covestro’s goods are transported by truck, while in Europe and North America only around one-third is transported by road in each case, with inland waterways and railroads otherwise being used more frequently. As such, the new partnership will focus on designing more sustainable means of road transportation by truck, and evaluate the viability of certain solutions under specific scenarios.

Biofuels Digest

In China, Gasgoo reported that Nippon Paint China, a coatings manufacturer, announced the strategic partnership with Covestroat the 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE). Under the terms of the deal, the two companies will partner to develop bio-based automotive coating solutions, which will be first applied in the exhibited sample parts of the vehicles under the Chinese luxury electric vehicle brand HiPhi.