AkzoNobel has signed a framework joint development agreement with specialty chemicals company Itaconix to explore opportunities for the production of biobased polymers.
AkzoNobel is launching Imagine Chemistry, an opportunity to partner with start-up firms, students, research groups and career scientists from across the world to jointly exploit the knowledge of chemistry and solve several real-life chemistry-related challenges.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam, Germany, and the Italian company esse CI are uniting their expertise in surface chemistry and machine engineering in order to clearly expand the opportunities provided by flame treatment and to extend the range of surface properties.
Daybreak Technologies has opened a new 5000-square-foot research and development laboratory at Gateway University Research Park in Browns Summit, North Carolina.
WACKER, the Munich based chemical company, is expanding its research and development facilities (R&D) for silicones by establishing a new R&D center located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Oxiteno, a global leader in surfactants and specialty chemicals, announced an investment in a new research and development (R&D) laboratory in the United States.
Sun Chemical has reinforced its commitment to the graphic arts and packaging markets by opening a new coatings lab in its Carlstadt, New Jersey, research and development facility.
In order to manufacture chemical products, a high-energy input is required, which consumes fossil resources. At Germany’s Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), two scientists are researching a resource-efficient and sustainable approach.
It’s estimated that 10 percent of all the energy used in buildings in the United States can be attributed to window performance, costing building owners about $50 billion annually, yet the high cost of replacing windows or retrofitting them with an energy efficient coating is a major deterrent.
