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The current and potential applications of microencapsulation most likely mark just the beginning of possibilities in the coatings industry.

This paper describes the controlled release of IPBC (3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate) through encapsulation.

To create these aged looks, prepainted steel or aluminum is formed into panels or tiles coated with realistic colors and prints.

Dow Coating Materials (DCM), a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, announces a new addition to its product line of APEO-free surfactants.

Colortrend 808 colorants present many options to meet marketing, regulatory and technical goals.

ROPAQUE opaque polymer and EVOQUE pre-composite polymer offer two distinct and complimentary approaches to reducing the use levels of TiO2.

To reduce the VOCs used in PU-based coatings, Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co. Ltd. developed waterborne technologies including PUD, PUA and waterborne 2K.

The choice of wetting agents used in architectural coatings can have a significant impact when formulating low- to zero-VOC paints.

After an inauspicious introduction more than a half-century ago, vinyl acetate-ethylene technology finally appears poised to go mainstream in the coatings market.

LUXAN effect pigments belong to the group of pearlescent effect pigments that are composed of low refractive transparent substrates coated with high refractive metal oxides, e.g., titanium dioxide or iron oxide.