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Sustainable Sustainability Claims

November 1, 2015
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The intent of this article is to highlight the vast complexities facing the coatings industry as it continues to respond to consumer and regulatory demands for “more environmentally friendly products.”


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Designers Present Future Automotive Color Trends

October 1, 2015
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BASF's new trend collection is entitled RAW. The 2015-2016 BASF collection features approaches for the display of social trends and translates them into distinctive colors.


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“Let’s Colour” Event Transforms Rio Favela

October 1, 2015
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The ongoing transformation of Rio de Janeiro's famous Santa Marta favela continued in August when 450 volunteers from the city took part in one of the biggest ever "Let's Colour" events to be staged by AkzoNobel's Decorative Paints business.


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An Inside Look at the Global Pigments Market

October 1, 2015
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This article discusses consolidation in the coatings industry, challenges pigment manufacturers face, steps taken to develop new products and the future direction of the pigment market.


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SCIGRIP Solar Boat Finishes Second in Competition

SCIGRIP
September 1, 2015
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The SCIGRIP Solar Boat put in an outstanding performance in the Solar1 Monte Carlo Cup hosted at the Yacht Club de Monaco July 9-11, 2015.


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Lead Chromate Replacement

Old Hat But Still a Long Process
Thomas Sowade Jürgen Ott
September 1, 2015
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Cost-designed pigment preparations can replace standard lead chromates. Pigment preparations and hybrid pigments formulated with weather-fast organic pigments are not inferior to stabilized lead chromates and can even outperform standard products


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Bio-Succinic Acid in Coatings and Resins

Lawrence Theunissen
September 1, 2015
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Bio-succinic acid improves the quality of resins and coatings with value-added application benefits.


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Tapping Creativity: Industrial Corporations Buying into Startups

August 1, 2015
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Major German corporations are increasingly taking stakes in startups in order to profit from their creativity.


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Liquid-Applied Air Barrier Enables Cold-Weather Project to Move Forward

July 1, 2015
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A total of 65,000 square feet of Dow Corning DefendAir 200 was applied to the GlasRoc Sheathing and concrete block substrates on the Overland Park Scheels store. Construction continued to move forward during the winter months.


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Rebuilding a Wonder of the Medieval World

July 1, 2015
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AkzoNobel's Decorative Paints business is helping to recreate one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World - the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing in China.


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