Featured Stories

RSS

Filtration has long been recognized for its ability to improve product quality, increase throughput and protect downstream equipment in the production of a vast array of coatings.

Although reported as a chemical entity as early as 1896,1 the microbiological activity of 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide (DBNPA) was documented first as a seed fungicide in 1947.

Polyurethanes provide an obvious route to very high performing coatings, and have long been used in solventborne systems.

This article provides some history, chemistry and physics on special-effect pigments, as well as some suggestions on how and where they can be used.

Dr. Darlene Brezinski presented the Outstanding Coatings Technologies First Place Paper Award, sponsored by PCI, for $3,000 to Bret Chisholm at the 30th Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids, & Powder Coatings Symposium in New Orleans.

The industry's latest offerings

This year's Congress theme "Creative Advances in Coatings Technology" drew a record number of attendees (380) and was aptly named.

Water-dispersible carboxymethylcellulose acetate butyrate (CMCAB[TM]) cellulose ester is the latest generation of mixed cellulose esters developed for use in aqueous coating formulations.

Coping with spiraling material costs, heightened security demands rank as priority issues for distribution industry.

Wave-scan DOI is a standard measuring tool for use on automotive coatings.