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This year’s show and congress showed that sustainability is a major innovation driver for the coatings industry.

The use of caustic has been shown to result in increased water spotting and water sensitivity, decreased viscosity stability and general colloid instability.

The concept of branched, short-chain fluorosurfactants not only leads to more environmentally friendly products, but also to one of the fastest surfactants ever measured.

Bayer MaterialScience has developed a high-performance cross-linking agent for the coating of temperature-sensitive textile fibers.

"The net result of using this novel, dispersant was cost, performance, ease of formulation and bio-based advantages in architectural white bases."

A new class of high-performance coatings, called Highly Thermally Insulative Coatings (HiTICs), is now finding opportunities in condensation and corrosion prevention.

A series of modified siloxane defoamers has been developed that offers a controlled range of defoaming strength and compatibility relative to each other.

The study reveals that incorporating nanoclay improves humidity resistance, VDA cyclic corrosion over mild steel substrate and acetic acid spray corrosion over aluminum substrate.

These dispersered alumina products consist of dispersion of sub-micron and nano-particle size alumina that are specifically designed for use in coatings formulations where both gloss and clarity are critical.

EpoxyShield Stain Additive allows contractors to achieve premium-looking stained floors in just one coat.