In recent years, a relatively new innovation added to the marine coatings technology toolbox has been shaking things up and gaining some serious traction in the maritime industry.
ZETASPERSE® 3800 is a polymeric, slightly anionic wetting and dispersing additive suitable for all pigment and filler chemistries and all waterborne coating systems.
One approach to purifying air is to use photocatalytic metal oxides to disrupt some chemical bonds. Such a material was incorporated into coatings and reduced formaldehyde, methyl mercaptan and butanol.
A new label-free additive meets the demand for different gloss values in powder coatings, and is available to manufacturers as well as to coaters, directly on the line.
Our popular Ask Joe Powder blog has made its way to the pages of PCI magazine. What are your powder coating questions and challenges? Joe Powder, aka Kevin Biller of ChemQuest Powder Coating Research, shares his powder coating knowledge and expertise by answering questions sent in from around the world.
The TiO2 industry continues to change through unusual global economic conditions. The uncommon response of global producers is changing the short- and long-term dynamics of the industry.
UVMax UV-cured powder coatings are an efficient, environmentally friendly and fast coating solution for plastic, carbon fiber, wood and metal substrates.
Industry must continue to make the case for chemicals in manufactured products to continue supplying valuable and reasonably priced products demanded by consumers in Canada.
Over my 33 year career (so far) in organomodified silicones, customers have occasionally asked me for green, natural or sustainable products. The early requests were infrequent, usually for very specific circumstances, and somewhat vague with the askers often uncertain what their choice of terminology meant.