DuPont grew 32% during the third quarter of 2011
United States. DuPont reported an increase in its third quarter of 2011 earnings of $69 per share, excluding significant items, compared to $40 per share a year earlier.
United States. DuPont reported an increase in its third quarter of 2011 earnings of $69 per share, excluding significant items, compared to $40 per share a year earlier.
International. Nano scientists at Australia's Murdoch University discovered that a eucalyptus plant native to that nation's south west has unique self-cleaning and water-repellent properties that can be used for nanotechnology applications.
Mexico. Although in recent days the news of a mafia dedicated to the theft of resins for sale on the black market was known, distributors reported that the situation does not affect the paint industry, because so far there have only been thefts of thermofixed resins, used in the plastic industry.
Brazil. Lubrizol chose Abrafati 2011 as the ideal setting to present to the industry a wide range of advanced high-performance coatings. Among them will be solutions for both commercial and residential spaces, as well as for the automotive and anti-corrosion segment.
International. A new type of powder coating with nanotechnological applications was designed by the firm Adapta Color, based in Madrid, Spain, by including a photocatalytic agent that with sun exposure degrades the dust particles that are deposited on the surface coated with the paint.