As with other manufacturing sectors, the UK coatings, printing ink and wallcoverings industries have experienced challenging trading conditions since the end of March.
Member companies of the Titanium Dioxide Manufacturers Association (TDMA) as a part of a wider group of titanium dioxide (TiO2) producers and users submitted an action in annulment to the General Court of the European Union against the harmonized classification of TiO2 as a suspected carcinogen (cat 2.) by inhalation under the EU's Classification and Labelling Regulation.
National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President and CEO Eric R. Byer issued a statement welcoming the U.S. Senate's passage of S. 4148 extending the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program.
National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President and CEO Eric R. Byer issued a statement on the introduction of S. 4096 that would extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program ahead of its expiration.
A type of beetle capable of regulating its body temperature in some of the hottest places on Earth is the centerpiece of new research with major potential implications for cooling everything from buildings to electronic devices in an environmentally friendly manner.
Elisa Arikan has won the second FEICA/EURADH Adhesion Innovation Award for her paper, "Structural Adhesive Bonding of Polymers — Surface Characteristics and Adhesion Mechanism."
A new artificial intelligence-based approach developed at MIT could reduce to a matter of milliseconds the time it takes to determine properties of materials such as protective coatings, making it practical to screen vast arrays of candidate materials.
Consulting firm Frost & Sullivan announced that NBD Nano's InvisiPrint® won its New Product Innovation Award for anti-fingerprint coatings in the electronics industry.
To attract more experts and graduates to study adhesion and bonding, FEICA — The Association of the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry — is now maintaining an overview of the adhesion and bonding courses across Europe.
Engineers at the University of Houston are using chitin – a derivative of glucose found in the cellular walls of arthropods and fungi – and 3D printing techniques to produce high-impact multilayered coatings that can protect soldiers against bullets, lasers, toxic gas and other dangers.
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