To add to the pursuit of a climate-neutral Europe and a truly circular economy, one company’s project develops and validates a new generation of industrial wood and decorative coatings with significantly more than 25% bio-based components.
The world's first 3D, form-free, industrially applicable and commercially viable crystal glass-pigment technology solves the technical challenges for incorporation in high-end color coating systems. These perfectly round crystal glass-microsphere dispersions provide increased visibility and detectability, while still maintaining the high-end thin-layer finish required by the automotive and wider-mobility industry.
The completion of the transaction is still subject to customary closing conditions, and both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Grace Matthews served as exclusive advisor to Silberline, a company specializing in developing and manufacturing effect pigments utilized in various applications.
The recent Western Coatings Show in Las Vegas featured an exhibit hall packed with new technology for coatings formulators. This article offers a sampling of some of the raw materials and services showcased.
The plant’s dedicated research center will provide continued and comprehensive development of high-performance, heat-resistant inorganic color pigments.
The applications of daylight fluorescent colorants are so diverse that an entire industry has developed to prepare and tailor these materials to be compatible with and to maximize their luminous performance across a range of product categories. Unlike conventional colorants, these materials are able to absorb shorter wavelengths of sunlight and then re-emit that light at longer wavelengths, producing a visual experience of color intensity above and beyond anything we expect to see from light.
Recently, considerable development work has been conducted to demonstrate the enhanced performance and improved economics associated with new and novel white pigment offerings. This article highlights a newwhite pigment that is showing great promise at reducing the amount of titanium dioxide needed to formulate cool roof coatings while enhancing performance, processability, and affordability.
LANXESS Corporation has announced the retirement of President and Chief Executive Officer, Antonis Papadourakis. Frederique van Baarle, member of the Board of Management and Labor Direcor of LANXESS AG, assumed the role of President and CEO for the company’s Americas region on Oct. 1.