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Can Powder Coatings be Used Past the Expiration Date?

August 26, 2019
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I'm selling powder coating in South America. So now I have many questions in regards to powder coatings. But the most important is this: Can powder coatings be used past the expiration date given by the supplier?
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Coatings Manufacturers Can’t Miss CTT

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Kristin Johansson
August 1, 2019
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CTT continues to grow every year, in both numbers and the quality of the content presented. This article lists four key takeaways from this year's event that coatings formulators won't want to miss.
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The Industrial Floor Coating Odyssey

From Preventing Workplace Accidents to Now Entailing a Conclusive Impact on the Infrastructure of Numerous Business Verticals
Saipriya Iyer
July 29, 2019
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With the incorporation of advanced equipment in virtually every business vertical and the growing concern for sustainability, the modern connotation of industrial flooring systems has undergone a drastic transformation of sorts over the last decade.
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What Painters Should Consider to Earn and Maintain Customer Trust

Jim Loughlin
July 10, 2019
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One of the most challenging aspects when it comes to starting and running a business is how to earn customers' trust and keep it.
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Raw Materials Costs Haven't Stopped Growth

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Karen Parker
July 9, 2019
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Despite rising raw material costs and other factors, most companies all reported relatively healthy organic growth in 2018.
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FOCUS: On the Road to New Technologies

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Kristin Johansson
June 3, 2019
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A recap of the Detroit Society for Coatings Technology's recent FOCUS event in Plymouth, MI.
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The Chemical Industry and U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health & Well-Being

Mark Maxwell
May 23, 2019
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The chemical industry is essential to sustainable development, and green chemistry is its path forward. Human health and well-being is a prime example of the impact green chemistry innovations can have.
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Powder Coating Durability

May 9, 2019
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I am currently incarcerated in an Ohio prison and have a question regarding powder coating durability. I have always heard that powder coatings are one of the toughest industrial coatings and that they last forever.
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Startups Prepare to Paint the Future

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Kristin Johansson
May 9, 2019
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Out of 160 submissions, AkzoNobel selects finalists in its Paint the Future challenge, which was an open invitation to startupsand scale-ups to collaborate with AkzoNobel on new ideas to drive innovative solutions for customers.
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Your Most Important Business Success Metric – Customer Loyalty

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April 29, 2019
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Business is besieged with metrics. Return on Investment (ROI), website visits, website return visits, shopping cart abandonment rates and average customer spend are all important and well-used metrics to evaluate the success of a business.
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ON DEMAND: EPA published a regulation proposal around N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in June 2024 to ban or limit NMP in many applications, such as paints and coatings and their removers. N-butylpyrrolidone (NBP) is a powerful and versatile solvent for a variety of industries looking for alternatives to substance of very high concern (SVHC)-listed solvents.

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