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Reduced Need for Air Conditioning with Cool Roof Coatings

Chloe Hirst
July 15, 2024
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Cool roof coatings exhibit high solar reflectance properties, optimizing a building for rejecting solar radiation, and, therefore, reducing the internal temperature.


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Reducing Marine Coating Overspray Using Electrostatic Application

PPG Industries
July 15, 2024
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Electrostatic application has increased transfer efficiency compared to airless spraying, resulting in reductions in overspray and waste, which, combined with low-VOC emissions, can provide a cleaner operation for applicators. 


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New Transit Hub Textured with Terra Cotta Specialty Coating

Linetec
July 2, 2024
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Linetec provided architectural aluminum product manufacturers with a textured terra cotta specialty coating for aluminum, providing the desired, natural clay-colored appearance and stone-like texture with the advantages of metal and fluoropolymer (PVDF) coatings.


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Revenue Riptide 2024 to Empower Job Shop Leadership

June 25, 2024
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The premier, two-day event is designed to empower job shop leadership with actionable insights, robust networking opportunities, and hands-on training with mission-critical systems, and will be held on September 24-25 in Brighton, Michigan. 


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Spray Finishing Technology Workshop

June 25, 2024
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The three-day intensive training program is scheduled for November 6-8, 2024 in Toledo, Ohio. Classes meet from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm daily, and include both classroom and hands-on sessions. 


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Behr Announces First-Ever Commercial Color Forecast

June 25, 2024
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The collection offers five color themes comprised of a visionary palette of 50 colors for commercial spaces of the future. The colors can be used interchangeably for residential and commercial projects in hospitality, workplace, healthcare, multi-family, and more.


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How to Achieve Durable and Long-Lasting Coatings for Warehousing Facilities

Rose Morrison
June 25, 2024
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Warehouse operational teams work long shifts, sometimes around the clock. Every aspect of the facility needs to be durable, especially protective coatings on floors. Learn everything you need to know about achieving long-lasting concrete coatings for any warehouse facility to save money and improve efficiency.


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Immersion-Grade Coating Approved by Flour Mill for Dry Food Contact

A Case Study
Rhiannon McIver
June 25, 2024
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Comprehensive testing showed the solvent-free coating, initially designed for the protection of surfaces operating under potable water immersion or where potable water approval is required, is compliant with specific requirements of European Regulations for prolonged contact with dry foodstuffs.



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High Level of Radar Transparency for Silver Metallic Full Tones

Dr. Guenter Kaupp Benjamin Looshorn Thomas Schneider
June 13, 2024
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The integration of pigments in coatings for autonomous vehicles presents a unique set of challenges ranging from functionality to aesthetics to regulatory compliance. In response to these needs, a new kind of effect pigment based on borosilicate glass was developed specifically for distinctive silver-grey formulations where a high sparkle is required and has a high radar transparency and offers dark-down flop and opacity.


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Materials and Methods Enabling Robust Matte Appearance

Scott J. Moravek
June 4, 2024
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This article demonstrates two separate methods for achieving burnish-resistant coatings: amine functional silica, which fits easily into existing manufacturing processes; and polysiloxane/silica dispersion, which requires a more complicated process to manufacture.


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