Scientists at Michelman, Inc. are using a rotational rheometer from Malvern Instruments to tailor products for the exacting demands of the company’s diverse customer base.
Aqueous fumed silica dispersions are a new form of a well-known, long-standing additive that can improve a variety of performance attributes in waterborne coatings.
Arkema has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval for commercial sales of its Graphistrength® multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the United States.
The European Coatings Show and European Coatings Congress 2011 will take place March 28-31, 2011, at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany.
Cognis Holding Luxembourg S.à r.l., controlled by Permira Funds, GS Capital Partners and SV Life Sciences, signed a sale and purchase agreement to sell 100 percent of the shares in Cognis Holding GmbH to BASF SE.
Though construction-related sales are generally down, demand for prepainted metal is taking hold in several key markets, including metal roofing, appliances and metal office furniture.
IRL’s ninth edition of its title, A Profile of the Asia-Pacific Paint Industry, forecasts growth in the Asia-Pacific paint industry of 7.9 percent per year from 2009 to 2014, when the market will top over 20 million tonnes. The study covers the paint industries and markets of 11 major economies in the region.
Jotun Paints has partnered with the Friends of Children with Cancer (FOCC), an Egyptian NGO, to support the treatment of cancer-afflicted children in Egypt.
German specialty chemicals company LANXESS has completed another step in its technical improvement drive and expansion for yellow iron oxide pigments production in Jinshan, Shanghai, China.
Malvern Instruments has hired Masaaki Nakata to be part of the Malvern Japan team; he is the new Regional Sales Manager Japan for Malvern’s process systems.
VanDeMark Chemical Inc. has opened a new business office in West Yorkshire, UK, and has appointed Patricia Hughes Head of Sales & Business Development for the office.
The Performance Coatings Group of RPM International Inc. has acquired Hummervoll Industribelegg AS, a supplier and installer of industrial flooring systems based in Bergen, Norway.
Sherwin-Williams’ SherFlex elastomeric polyurethane coating and lining system has been approved to ANSI/NSF Standard 61 for use in potable water tanks of 3,000 gallons or greater.
BASF Corp. has entered an agreement with Viachem Ltd., of Dallas, TX, to serve as an authorized distributor of phenoxyethanol and other biocide products including bronopol and glutaraldehyde.
The Petrotest CLA 5 Cleveland open-cup flash-point and fire-point analyzer automatically tests both liquid and highly viscous liquid and solid samples.
The SMP40 accurately identifies the melting point of up to three samples simultaneously using a digital camera to identify the smallest of changes within the sample.
The QuasOr EBSD option for the NORAN System 7 combines electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and wavelength dispersive spectroscopy (WDS) capabilities in a single software interface.
Designed for multiple mixing requirements, the Ross VersaMix (triple-shaft mixer) is now available with a solid/liquid injection manifold or S.L.I.M.™ system, which injects materials directly into the rotor/stator agitator.
Now where on earth did that expression come from anyway? Well it so happens that traditionally the “dog days” are those that fall between July 3 and August 11 – days that are often known for their extreme heat and humidity. Some say it signifies hot, sultry days “not fit for a dog” and others claim it is the weather in which dogs go mad.
