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Biobased polyols based on C18 diacid may be used to expand product offerings with renewable materials in applications such as automotive molded parts, hot melt adhesives, high-performance coatings and sports equipment.

The ever-growing importance of waterborne technology has also created exciting innovation opportunities for metallic pigment manufacturers.

This work has validated a place for some novel new polyols with high recycle content combined with high performance for specialty coating applications, where protection of metal surfaces is paramount.

To determine the most suitable equipment for a specific grinding process, it is important that the supplier and end user jointly discuss and develop all requirements and options regarding process and plant in advance.

Surfactants are both the enabling chemistry as well as valuable formulating tools in aqueous pigment dispersion.

This article presents the results of a study on the effect of soft monomer type, chain transfer agent (CTA) concentration and CTA addition method on a basic PSA’s viscoelastic properties.

In addition to highly sustainable production, the Ningbo process provides iron oxide red pigments with exceptional coloristic behavior that exceeds any currently available iron oxide pigment in the market.

Focusing on using the right type of additive to address a specific film defect will reduce the number of materials to test and not rely on trying many different chemicals in the hope of finding just the right pixie dust.

Fluoropolymer-based stain-resistant additives offer broad applicability depending on their specific chemistry and formulation.

A sampling of some of the technologies that will be on display at the 2016 American Coatings Show.