International. Clariant announced nine months of continuing operations sales of CHF 3.272 billion (about $3.3 billion) compared to CHF 3.278 billion (about $3308 million) in the first nine months of 2018. This corresponds to organic growth of 3% in local currency and stable development in Swiss francs. Both higher volumes and prices contributed to this expansion.
International. Global coatings supplier Hempel joined the Getting to Zero Coalition, a multi-stakeholder group that aims to see the introduction of viable zero-emission commercial vessels by 2030.
International. Dürr announced that its 13,000th robot manufactured will be installed in a new paint shop for General Motors located in Changwon, Korea. This is the first installation of the new generation of Dürr robots for GM and is part of the largest order awarded to Dürr to date in Korea.
International. Imperial College London student Nicole Stjernswärd is using plant waste to create natural powder pigments that can be used for paints, inks or textiles. She has invented Kaiku, a system that converts plants into powder coating pigments using vaporization technology.
Mexico. The National Association of Manufacturers of Paints and Inks (Anafapyt), an institution that brings together manufacturers of paints, coatings in general, inks for printing and related products, celebrated last Wednesday, September 26, 75 years of its foundation. It was on September 26, 1944, when a group of businessmen constituted the National Association of Manufacturers of Paints and Inks, with 14 companies as members. Today, it brings together more than 80% of the country's national production of paints and inks.
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