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Formulating a well-balanced easy-clean paint is never easy.

The Turkish paint industry's total annual production capacity is 850,000 tons/year, and it has approximately a 2% share of the world paint market, with 65% of this capacity.

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

Silicone resins offer coatings formulators ways to improve sustainability.

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

A new clear, silicone elastomer-based anti-graffiti coating can be applied to exterior concrete, masonry or metal surfaces.

It may not be a household name even among farm families, but the oilseed camelina is showing good potential as an environmentally friendly commercial biofuel feedstock, particularly for biodiesel and jet fuel.

The AkzoNobel Laboratory of Corrosion Protection at The University of Manchester is the result of a five-year landmark strategic partnership between the largest global coatings company and one of the UK’s top universities.

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

The ALTIRIS pigment has been engineered to reflect infrared radiation from the sun, yielding high solar reflectance in a range of colors.