BASF’s Chattanooga facilities produce a wide range of polymer dispersions with safety, sustainability, and innovation as top priorities. With operations in Chattanooga and Sparta, BASF employs approximately 300 people in Tennessee and invests nearly $23 million in the state through annual payroll, purchases, taxes, and charitable contributions.
Through this integration, EPS has broadened its product portfolio and technological expertise, further diversifying its position in the polymer and pigment dispersion industry. SPI products will continue to be sold by EPS under their current product names.
Zeta potential measurements are important in a broad range of applications, such as the investigation of fuel cell membranes, fouling processes of filter membranes, bacterial growth on food packaging, and washing of textiles.
“We are very pleased to have reliable partners who have intact and flexible supply chains, and a strong customer focus for our high-performance materials. The new partnerships are intended to increase the product availability in relevant industrial markets, such as metal coating, lacquer, and paint formulations, as well as rubber recycling,” says Peter Hannen, Ph.D., head of the Powders and Specialties market segment at Evonik.
allnex has announced the opening of a new R&D center in Werndorf, Austria. This project is part of the company’s strategic plan to develop sustainable, environmentally friendly resins and respond to the challenges of evolving trends.
Zschimmer & Schwarz Interpolymer (Canton, Massachusetts) has announced a distribution partnership to represent its paint and coatings range of products in the Western and Southwestern region of the United States.
The appointments follow the establishment of Belzona Molecular Technology (Nanjing) Ltd. in 2019, as a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE), making the next significant step in the company’s international expansion strategy.
Cal Poly’s winter short course on polymers and coatings brings together academic and industrial experts in the field. The one-week course covers many aspects of coating technology with emphasis on liquid coatings, both waterborne and solvent-based.
The polymers enable the measuring of available deposit-control agents in water treatment systems and the reduction of polymer and water usage during treatment, enhancing the environmental footprint of operations.
