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Garret Haegelin, HICoat Division Superintendent at Sulzer, looks at the features and processes used when applying high-quality coatings and how attention to detail is essential for optimum performance.
Ochre, one of Earth's oldest naturally occurring materials, was often used as a vivid red paint in ancient rock art known as pictographs across the world. Despite its broad use throughout human history and a modern focus on how the artistic symbolism is interpreted, little research exists on the paint itself and how it was produced.
Hydrophobing agents, also known as hydrophobic agents, are prominently used to minimize water absorption and ensure a water-repellent effect on cleaned surfaces. These compounds find use across a wide range of applications, from surface protection of critical infrastructure and automobiles to designing stain-repellant textiles.
The object of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of different modifications on anti-corrosive performance. Straight PUDs were used to prepare DTM coatings with only small amounts of additives and without the assistance of corrosion inhibitors, passivation fillers or pig-ments.
These color boost and compatibilizer post-addition additives are designed to improve color performance and reduce or elimi¬nate incompatibility, allowing paint formulators to overcome most of the challenges associated with VOC-free universal tinting systems.
TiPMC believes this scenario sets up the TiO2 industry for a roller coaster impact throughout the next several months. The implications of a weaker Chinese economy will be involved in a balancing act with reduced Chinese production and increasing Chinese production costs.
Milliken & Co. has formally acquired Borchers Group Limited, a global specialty chemicals company known for its coating additives and specialty catalyst solutions, from The Jordan Co. L.P.
NETZSCH Analyzing & Testing has extended its product portfolio with the Kinexus rotational rheometers and Rosand capillary rheometers formerly manufactured and distributed by Malvern Panalytical Limited.
Ascend Performance Materials, a fully integrated producer of polyamide 66 resin, has signed an agreement to purchase Poliblend and Esseti Plast GD from D'Ottavio Group.
Chemspec, a subsidiary of the specialty chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan Group, has successfully achieved ISO 9001-2015 Certification in Quality Management Systems from Perry Johnson Registrars.
Colors & Effects® launched a new corporate website and online service platform designed to offer customers a one-stop portal for interacting with the Colors & Effects brand and product portfolio.
Fresh off the completion of an upgrade of its Pasadena, Texas, plant, MFG Chemical announced another significant investment to upgrade safety and efficiency of production operations at all three of its Dalton, Georgia, manufacturing plants.
Towell Engineering Group, Muscat, Oman, and GFBiochemicals, Geleen, the Netherlands, announced the formation of a joint venture for the production and marketing of bio-chemicals using GFBiochemicals' proprietary technology.
Following Univar's acquisition of Nexeo, Olin and the new Univar Solutions have signed a long-term distribution agreement for Olin's full portfolio of epoxy standard and specialty resins in all 50 U.S. states.
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President Eric R. Byer issued a statement on President Trump's proposed 2021 budget for the federal government.
Nouryon has signed a framework agreement to implement self-learning technology developed by Semiotic Labs that helps predict when to maintain and replace pumps and other rotating equipment.
ACTEGA do Brazil, a division of the specialty chemicals group ALTANA, has inaugurated a new integrated site in the city of Araçariguama in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Research and Markets has released a new report that predicts the paints and coatings market will register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4%, in terms of value, between 2019 and 2024.
The European Union published a delegated regulation classifying titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a category 2 suspected carcinogen by inhalation, and the British Coatings Federation (BCF) has weighed in on this classification.
The Pacific Northwest Society for Coatings Technology (PNWSCT) has issued a call for papers for its 2012 Coatings Fest to be held in Semiahmoo, Washington, October 10-12, 2012.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established a revised National Emphasis Program (NEP) to identify and reduce or eliminate worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in general industry, maritime and construction.
An Oregon State University (OSU) chemistry researcher who made history a decade ago with the accidental discovery of the first new blue inorganic pigment in more than two centuries is again pushing forward the science of color.
A digital product finder tool from Colors & Effects combines sophisticated industry filters with search technology to help customers find the pigments most suitable to their needs.
With a full holding capacity of 20,000 gallons, this horizontal vessel is designed for product storage under atmospheric pressure at 200 °F and is UL-142 rated.
Free of epoxy silane, the Flextra range of adhesives for flexible packaging does not contain organotin or BPA. Specific grades are free of cyclic esters.
A durable coating suitable for permanent application, NANOMYTE SuperAi provides a lubricating surface that drastically reduces the adhesion strength of ice by as much as 80% compared to bare polished aluminum.
HyPox CTBN-modified epoxy resins improve cathodic disbondment and toughness properties at various temperatures when used in girth weld and in FBE coatings.
The Vortik Series incorporates progressive cavity pump technology in a fully integrated dispensing system solution, featuring process controls for mass flow control and an automated ratio control system for mixing two-component fluids.
