AkzoNobel in the UK has officially opened a trailblazing lab complex that can test new products in conditions that mimic the world's most extreme environments. Located in the company’s Felling site, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, the €12.6 million R&D innovation campus fuses the site's 115-year history of product development with state-of-the-art facilities.
Sartomer, a business line of Arkema, has launched in-house electron beam (EB) labs with equipment to help customers develop and test EB-curing formulations on a small scale using Sartomer's advanced liquid resin solutions.
Brown University researchers have shown a way to use graphene oxide (GO) to add some backbone to hydrogel materials made from alginate, a natural material derived from seaweed that’s currently used in a variety of biomedical applications.
The Lubrizol Corp. has launched a new blog page where experts from its Lubrizol Performance Coatings group will share unique perspectives around market trends, formulation insights and other industry topics.
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has officially launched the third edition of its Imagine Chemistry collaborative innovation challenge.
The first edition of Paint the Future, the AkzoNobel startup challenge, is now open and ready to discover new solutions that will accelerate innovation in the world of paints and coatings.
Researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering are tapping a new set of capabilities in the field of artificial intelligence, combining artificial neural networks with infrared thermal imaging to control and interpret chemical reactions with precision and speed that far outpace conventional methods.
In order to support its global growth strategy, Elkem Silicones has decided to build a new Research and Development center at its Saint-Fons, France, site.
Following the results of the British Coatings Federation’s 2017 Indicators of Performance (IoP) study, it was revealed that the coatings industry has made noticeable improvements from 2016, especially in regards to safety and environmental performance.
