Responding to a steadily increasing demand for in-depth knowledge on construction polymers and their versatile applications, WACKER POLYMERS has developed a concept of international training centers called “VINNAPAS® ACADEMY”.
Editors Note – The following is an excerpt on medical coatings from company literature obtained at the 2008 InformEx meeting (New Orleans) and from a presentation at this meeting by Dr. Mike Driver, Biomaterials Health and Specialty Products, Vertellus Biomaterials, Hampshire, UK.
DKSH is a market expansion services group with focus on Asia. The company integrates international sourcing, marketing, sales, warehousing, logistics, and distribution and support of highly specialized products and services in Asia, Europe and the Americas. PCI magazine recently asked DKSH some questions regarding the unique role that international distributors play in the coatings industry.
In a conventional paint formulation, binders and pigments constitute two separate sets of raw materials and perform two very different and non-overlapping functions. Pigments are non-film-forming particles that impart opacity
By appropriate doping of ultrafine titanium dioxide in the anatase modification, the effectiveness can be enlarged significantly, which leads to a considerable increase in the rate of pollutant decomposition.
Efforts have been made to synthesize cardanol-formaldehyde novolac resins by reacting cardanol with formaldehyde in varying molar ratios in acidic medium.
A new mini-emulsion polymerization technique was developed to produce aqueous preparations of hydrophobic UV absorbers enabling their easy incorporation and effective use in waterborne coatings.
With the environmental crisis now at the forefront of the public’s consciousness, traditional solutions to saving energy are not enough. Enter green nanotech into the home building and industrial landscape – particularly in coatings.
In this paper it is shown that paint thixotropy can be very useful in increasing sag resistance, improving coating appearance and widening the application window.
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