The correct combination of light stabilizers makes it possible to produce transparent, colorless clearcoats with extraordinary brilliance and very good long-term UV protection.
In the modern world, companies simply cannot afford to ignore environmental issues. This sustainability trend is driven by society’s changing values, with consumers demanding that industry act more responsibly, and governments around the world introducing increasingly strict legislation to ensure it does so.
Wall Street ended 2006 in the black, and the paint and coatings industry suppliers were especially robust as stocks closed out the year with impressive gains for the two-month session that ended December 29, 2006.
I attended my second Chinacoat exhibition in November at the Pazhou Center in Guangzhou in the southern China province of Guangdong. My first visit was in 2004 at the same venue. This visit astounded me for a number of reasons.
After the completion of Dow Chemical Company’s acquisition of Union Carbide Corporation in early 2001, Dow had to make some strategic decisions regarding its role in the emulsions arena. Customers of UCAR Emulsion Systems (UES), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow, asked the company to increase the breadth, depth and flexibility of its product offering, and needed Dow to demonstrate its commitment to the industry.
Toshiba Corporation’s 15-year relationship with a screening vendor is still paying dividends, including doubling production capacity, increasing yield and uptime, thus enabling aggressive expansion into new markets.
In the coatings industry spray systems are used to apply both powder and liquid coatings to a variety of substrates. Particle size is a key variable for both wet and dry systems, as it has a direct impact on the handling properties of the materials used and on the quality of the finished coating.
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