The American Coatings Show and Conference was held May 7-10 at the Indianapolis Convention Center. With 427 exhibitors and more than 7,500 overall participants from 69 countries, this year’s ACS broke all of its previous records for visitors, exhibitors and footprint.
Dow Microbial Control, a business group of The Dow Chemical Company, has launched a comprehensive educational campaign called “Genuine Glutaraldehyde” intended to help customers distinguish glutaraldehyde from counterfeit product options while simultaneously promoting the numerous benefits of glutaraldehyde.
New regulations, market needs and customer requirements demand new emulsion formulations that are low in VOC content. Many of these new formulations use hydrophobic monomers that present significant challenges regarding productivity and monomer conversion.
Self-healing polymers are a class of smart materials that have the capability of autonomically repairing themselves after damage, without the need for detection or repair by manual intervention.
Troykyd® D742 provides excellent air release in a wide range of aqueous applications, including wood finishes, architectural latex paints, industrial enamels, inks and overprint varnishes.
Michem Guard 1350 and 1351 are both nonionic dispersions of polyethylene wax that improve rub and abrasion resistance in pigmented and semigloss coatings, inks and OPVs.
TEGO® Dispers 688 is a premium dispersant for matte UV-curable coatings and printing inks. Processing, and thus productivity, can be improved during manufacturing and continuous application of the coating due to the excellent rheological profile.
Envirnomental products presented included: CristalACTiV™ PC-105 high-surface-area and high-purity ultrafine anatase TiO2 powder with a TiO2 content of ~95% and a surface area of ~90 m2/g; CristalACTiV PC-500 very high-surface-area and high-purity ultrafine anatase TiO2 powder with a TiO2 content of ~85% and a surface area of ~350 m2/g
Ashland featured: Natrosol™ hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) thickener for waterborne architectural coatings; Aquaflow™ nonionic synthetic associative thickeners (NSATs), which are APEO-free liquid additives for the highest performance paint and coatings; Advantage™ and DrewPlus™ foam-control agents; Dextrol™ and Strodex™ specialty surfactants; Nuosept™ in-can preservatives; and Fungitrol™ dry-film fungicides.
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