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March 16, 2018: 2017 Results: ALTANA Accelerates Growth

Sales increase by 8 percent to €2,247 million, EBITDA improves to €470 million, Outlook for 2018: continued profitable growth
February 23, 2018: BYK-Gardner Seminars – Basics of Color, Gloss and Physical Properties

BYK-Gardner, worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for quality control of color, appearance and physical properties, is introducing the new combination of seminars in Europe.
February 21, 2018: World debut: BYK develops the first coupling agent for carbon fibers

Suited for all types of carbon fiber, Improves flexible and transverse tensile strength by up to 70 percent, Liquid additive, easy to incorporate
February 02, 2018: BYK Additives Passes on Price Increases

BYK will raise its prices for additives by an average of 8%, effective from April 1, 2018, or as existing contracts permit.
January 18, 2018: ACS 2018: BYK Additives for an Optimized Future

American Coating Show 2018 in Indianapolis

November 28, 2017: Entry-Level Employees and Managers at Variance about Lateral Thinking

Every fourth entry-level professional believes that workforces should consist mainly of lateral thinkers so that a company can be innovative
November 16, 2017: BYK to invest $50 million to expand Gonzales, TX facility

BYK Additives & Instruments, one of the world’s leading suppliers in the field of additives and measuring instruments and a member of the ALTANA Group, today announced a commitment to expand its facility in Gonzales, Texas.
November 02, 2017: Pickering workshop in London – powered by BYK

Pickering-Workshop in London
October 18, 2017: BYK presents the industry’s broadest additive portfolio for water-based applications at Chinacoat 2017

BYK at Chinacoat 2017
October 06, 2017: byko-spectra pro light booth – See things the right way

BYK-Gardner, worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for quality control of color, appearance and physical properties, is introducing the new byko-spectra pro. No other light booth came ever closer to natural daylight. Thanks to the combination of LEDs and filtered halogen lamps byko-spectra pro offers the best D65 on the market.
October 05, 2017: Bremen: ACTEGA DS Investing 18 Million Euros in Site Expansion

The specialist for closure and packaging technologies, ACTEGA DS, is investing around 18 million euros to expand its research and manufacturing site in Bremen.
October 04, 2017: byko-spectra pro light booth – See things the right way

BYK-Gardner, worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for quality control of color, appearance and physical properties, is introducing the new byko-spectra pro.
September 12, 2017: micro-gloss 60° XS – Brilliant gloss control for small parts

BYK-Gardner, a global leader in the field of measuring color and appearance and testing physical properties of plastic, coatings and cosmetics is introducing a new member of the well-proven micro-gloss family, which has an ultra-small port for measuring gloss at small surface areas
August 10, 2017: ALTANA Acquires Pioneering Label and Packaging Technologies

Acquisition of a technology portfolio and innovation team from U.S. based NuLabel Technologies, Inc., NuLabel develops engineering and material science solutions to improve packaging design while using significantly less material
August 09, 2017: 2017 Half-Year Results: ALTANA Accelerates Growth Momentum

Sales rise significantly by 9 percent to €1,160 million, EBITDA improved to €262 million, Growth forecast for 2017 confirmed
July 20, 2017: BYK to build new integrated site in Shanghai

BYK to build new integrated site in Shanghai
May 29, 2017: Ringier honors BYK with two innovation awards

BYK is delighted to have received two accolades from China
May 26, 2017: temp-gard basic – Control and Optimization of your Curing Process

BYK-Gardner – producer of complete QC solutions for measuring color, appearance, and physical properties in the automotive, paint and plastic industries – is expanding the oven temperature recorder family: new temp-gard basic with 6 probes, robust thermal barrier and temp-chart lite software for easy Pass/Fail data analysis.
May 24, 2017: Price increase for Canadian oil and gas market.

BYK USA Inc. increased prices of organoclay additives sold into the Canadian oil and gas market on May 1, 2017.
May 12, 2017: byko-drive XL – Automatic Film Applicator with the most flexible design to perform drawdowns of coating and inks

BYK-Gardner, a global leader in the field of measuring color and appearance and testing physical properties of plastic, coatings and cosmetics is introducing the bykodrive XL Automatic Film Applicator.
May 12, 2017: byko-spectra lite – economy light booth with premium
performance

BYK-Gardner, worldwide partner of the paint and plastic industries for quality control of color, appearance and physical properties, is introducing the new light booth bykospectra lite. In addition to the well-proven BYK-Gardner light booth range, the lite version with five light sources and compact design builds the standard for critical visual evaluation in laboratory and production.
May 12, 2017: 40,000 Axalta Spectrophotometers Help Collision Repair Professionals Achieve Excellent Color Match, Improving Productivity

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, recently celebrated the sale of its 40,000th spectrophotometer at the Specialty Equipment Market Association tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, where Mike Carr, Axalta President – North America, and Michael Gogoel, BYK-Gardner USA President, unveiled a commemorative spectrophotometer. BYK-Gardner, a global leader in the field of measuring colour and appearance and testing physical properties of plastic, coatings and cosmetics, manufactures Axalta’s spectrophotometers.
March 17, 2017: 2016 Results: ALTANA Achieves Sales Increase and Leap in Earnings

Sales amount to €2,075 million, EBITDA reaches €453 million, Outlook for 2017: Further profitable growth
March 13, 2017: There’s no compromising the coating system with BYK additives

The times when a decorative coating for interior or exterior use in the architectural sector was simply paint without any function are long since gone.
March 02, 2017: BYK completes the acquisition of PolyAd Services

BYK has completed the acquisition of the plastics additives manufacturer PolyAd Services
February 21, 2017: ALTANA Acquires Landa Metallography Technology

The Landa Group and ALTANA AG today announced that ALTANA has acquired Landa's Metallography technology.
February 09, 2017: BYK with a UV-radiant performance at the ECS 2017

BYK at the ECS 2017
February 01, 2017: ALTANA Further Expands Additives Business by Acquiring PolyAd Services

ALTANA Further Expands Additives Business by Acquiring PolyAd Services
February 01, 2017: BYK-Gardner smart-chart software – next generation

Don’t miss the next generation of BYK-Gardner’s data analysis software smart-chart!
January 17, 2017: Laboratory inauguration in Russia

On December 15, 2016, BYK celebrated – together with HOMA, a manufacturer of dispersions and emulsions based in Dzerzhinsk, Russia – the opening of an ultra-modern laboratory for BYK’s application technology in Shchyolkovo, near Moscow.
January 16, 2017: "Educational Coaching" Project Extended

Project partners report positive results and continue to support equal opportunity for elementary school children in Wesel
January 04, 2017: ALTANA Acquires Formulated Resins Business from Solvay

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired the Formulated Resins business of Belgian chemical group Solvay