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This article discusses the role of fluorosurfactants in waterborne wood coatings and how they can be used as cost-effective additives to help improve surface tension reduction, wetting, leveling, oil repellency and chemical resistance in thin film applications.

Sherwin-Williams has launched the industry’s first static control water-based epoxy floor coating system.

A new concourse at the San Jose International Airport in California is the first monumental architectural project constructed with DURANAR® powder coatings.

This article presents three separate types of polymeric dispersants that enable the formulator to create dispersions that utilize the properties of pigments to their upper limit.

For many manufacturers, ‘mixing’ is the crucial stage most influential to the final product.

The results presented in this article show that the use of the next-generation Chroma-Chem® 897 waterborne no-VOC colorants can help paint formulators comply with current and developing VOC coating requirements.

PPG Industries’ aerospace business has qualified a chromate-free exterior decorative primer with Boeing.

MICRALOX® is a revolutionary new aluminum oxide coating for finishing aluminum medical devices, marine products and aluminum industrial products.

Development teams at Steuler KCH Materials GmbH (Siershahn, Germany) are using the Kinexus rotational rheometer from Malvern Instruments to help analyze the rheological characteristics of products such as spray coatings.

With this technology it is possible to coat flat substrates of almost any material with a well-controlled and uniform powder coating at relatively high speeds.