This article explains various ways an antimicrobial is referred, used, evaluated and/or promoted in several markets, particularly focusing on coatings and building products applications.
The growing financial and human impact of microbe-causing infections in the hospital and beyond is creating new opportunities for the coatings market sector.
This issue of PCI features the 18th annual listing of the top coatings manufacturers in the world. Following is a ranking of the Top 10 global leaders and a listing of the Top 25 North American companies. Coatings sales listed for each company include worldwide 2009 global coatings sales figures.
The use of a primer under a polyurethane, polyurea or hybrid coating is a critical step that can enhance the performance of the coating system, especially when encountering a difficult substrate.
Dow Corning® 67 Additive is a multipurpose silicone polyether additive designed specifically for all types of water-based coatings, including wood coatings, UV-cured systems and more.
This company's award-winning “liquid” glass coatings allow the end user to apply a nano-scale layer of super-durable, super-phobic, highly flexible glass to almost any surface.
The technology to continuously monitor UV curing not only exists, but is easy to implement, and cost-effective. This paper describes what you need to measure to safeguard your line and how to do it.