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How Color Choices Echo the Economic Climate  and Why It Matters

Steve Riccardi
July 6, 2018
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The concept of color affecting mood is nothing new. Ancient Egyptians and Chinese practiced chromotherapy, using colors to heal various maladies. Today's color theory, color psychology and color therapy are our modern equivalents.
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How to Compete with Large National Companies as a Small Painting Company Owner

How to Compete with Large National Companies as a Small Painting Company Owner

Roumen Todorov
May 14, 2018
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Regardless of the nature of your business, being seen on the Internet is a highly recommended way to getting more calls from paying customers. This includes customers who are not looking for you specifically, yet they need your services. People who would usually go to your competitors would now be calling your painting company instead!


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Colors and Your Home

By Arhaus LLC, Hudson, Ohio
March 9, 2018
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It is no secret that colors play a role in our mental wellbeing. Colors will impact the way we think, feel and behave. More importantly, the colors in a space are imperative to the overall atmosphere of a room.


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How Appearance Affects Color

How Appearance Affects Color

Thomas Meeker
February 13, 2018
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Appearance is more than simply color. It’s a comprehensive look at everything inherent to each unique material we come in contact with, including texture, gloss, transparency and special effects. Each of these characteristics plays a part and has an effect on overall appearance and understanding in relation to a single material.


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Powder Coatings – The ‘Green’ Champion That Deserves More Investment

November 20, 2017
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What could be the biggest opportunities, for any business, in the world that we inhabit? At first glance, this might seem a very generalized question… but it is still worth asking!


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The Wonderful World of Powders

Jamie Clayton
November 7, 2017
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At school we learn some absolute foundations on which to build our embryonic scientific knowledge: gases are compressible but liquids aren’t. The world is an ordered place and we begin to understand its rules.


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Implementing Carbon Pricing at AkzoNobel

Petra Koselka
September 15, 2017
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At the Paris Climate Conference in 2015 (COP 21), most countries agreed to reach net zero greenhouse emissions by the second half of this century. It is an ambitious, but achievable target. It also represents an opportunity for businesses to prepare for a low carbon future with simple determination, and by leveraging their innovation and expertise.


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AkzoNobel Committed to Zero Harm and Positive Impact from Products

André Veneman
August 8, 2017
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What happens if you ask your friends what they think about chemicals? Will they mention the risks, the possibility of accidents and injuries, air and water pollution or will they mention the essential chemicals needed in the products that they use every day?


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Making a Case for Dangerous Goods/Hazmat Shipping Compliance

Robert Finn
June 29, 2017
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There has always been some degree of risk involved in transporting dangerous goods (DG)/hazmat, with the responsibility for compliance typically assigned solely to the compliance or shipping department.


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What Does a Moisture Balance Cost?

Arthur Gatenby
June 8, 2017
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Loss on Drying (LOD) moisture balance analysis is based on drying a sample and comparing the difference in weight before and after drying.


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