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Project specifiers and coatings contractors are demanding water-based coatings that keep outdoor air safer and nuisance-free.

Polymers are unlike other types of compounds because of their extremely large size, which has a great impact on their unique properties and how they behave in different phase states. Many applications of polymers and polymer coatings need flexibility at low to ambient temperatures. This article explores the difference between amorphous and crystalline polymers.

The new Ohio facility provides advanced capabilities for the company’s next generation Accelshield™ packaging coatings, connecting innovation and research and development with trials and production.

Bio-based coatings encompass a broad product category. They use natural resources such as essential oils, foods, and forest products to perform comparably to those typically derived from fossil fuels. This article discusses bio-based materials in the coatings market and offers insights about future developments. 

Semibatch emulsion polymerizations are predominately run in “starve-fed” mode, but what does that really mean? In this edition of PCI’s Did You Know column, EPCEd discusses the reasons to run in starve-fed mode, and more.

This month’s Formulating with Mike column is the conclusion to a three-part series, and covers the emulsification process as well as test data of alkyd emulsions.

This month’s Formulating with Mike column covers how alkyds have changed from high-VOC resins to low-solvent-containing, water-based emulsions.

The increases will be 10% and will be effective as per May 1, as contracts allow. 

Sustainability dominated every conversation at the 2023 European Coatings Show. Learn about some of the innovative technologies that were introduced to help the industry formulate, manufacture, and apply the coatings of tomorrow.

The recycled-content polyester polyol is engineered from post-industrial waste.