Sun Chemical, Parsippany, New Jersey, and its parent company, DIC Corp., have acquired Gwent Electronic Materials Ltd., a UK-based manufacturer of conductive inks, pastes and powders for the printed electronic market.
Screen-printable, pad-printable and stencil-printable silver conductive inks and coatings are suitable for applications requiring subsequent plating operations.
Scientists in Korea have developed wearable, graphene-coated fabrics that can detect dangerous gases present in the air, alerting the wearer by turning on an LED light.
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has created a dedicated electronic materials group to integrate products and technologies acquired from Spraylat Corp., Mt. Vernon, NY.