Assembled into photonic crystals, brush block co-polymers have demonstrated utility in creating coatings with ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared reflectivity, radar transparency, and the potential to reduce the carbon footprint of performance coatings by up to 50%. One company has set a course to launch a structural color co-polymer based on this unique technology.
Kraton Corp. announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a public health emergency exemption under Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) submitted by the Georgia, Utah and Minnesota Departments of Agriculture for the deployment of BiaXam in specific applications.
Specialty chemical distributor JNS-Smithchem announced its appointment as the distributor representing Shin-Etsu MicroSi® vinyl resin technology, a division of Nissin Chemical Co. Ltd.
Safic-Alcan, an international specialty chemicals distributor, announced the extension of its existing distribution agreement with Dow for ethylene copolymers to the entire Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Kuraray Co. Ltd. announced plans to increase the production capacity of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, EVAL™ within its subsidiary, Kuraray America Inc.
WACKER POLYMERS is raising its prices for VINNAPAS® vinyl acetate-ethylene and VINNOL® ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in the Americas.
