Our March issue focuses on new marine technology, a smart additive for improving indoor air quality, nanolatexes and a novel amine neutralizer for waterborne industrial coatings.
Functional coatings are an exciting and viable means to remove indoor air contaminants due to the significant surface area that walls, ceilings, doors and floors provide as a "vehicle" to degrade VOCs.
Even though it can be considered to be still in the early state, China’s e-commerce will definitely grow fast in the near future, and enable a supportive consumer and supplier analysis. The data crawled from news and industry websites as well as from search engines and e-commerce platforms help to monitor, understand and forecast the trend of TiO2 in China and worldwide.
PPG announced that the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino in Maryland is finished with PPG DURANAR coatings in five colors: Kuala White, Natural Silver and three versions of Platinum Mica.
Darlington, U.K.-based waste management firm, Total Recycling Services has helped a leading global paints and chemicals manufacturer to advance its sustainability and ensure its compliance to environmental standards.
The new University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital features 36 custom shades of Valspar coating, all arrayed in a beautiful interior design gradient.
Although CBPC coatings are relatively new in mine, quarry and aggregate processing applications, their use will only grow as word spreads about how they can inhibit carbon steel hopper and structural corrosion for decades as well as reduce premature maintenance and replacement.
Binders that show a high contact angle both before and after the salt spray test perform better for corrosion protection, compared to those that show low contact angles before and after the test.
This study has shown that DMMOPA has a unique combination of balanced physical properties. These physical properties offered DMMOPA-neutralized paints a multitude of performance advantages in a variety of waterborne paint systems as discussed in this article, such as enhanced hardness and solvent resistance in polyol-MF baking coatings, as well as better gloss, scrub resistance, water resistance and corrosion resistance in latex paints.
This article was prepared in an effort to assist in this decision-making process and to help end users understand the newer technology and to know the common differences between the traditional three-layer coating system and the latest polyurethane coating technology.
Greater awareness of phenomena that occur on a nanometric scale and subsequent testing (both in application and synthesis of polymers) have led to the development of new materials with better performance characteristics than the traditional ones, with full respect for the environment.
The results of this study can offer significant performance gains in formulating high-solids, high-build epoxy coatings. This is particularly important in regions where VOC emissions must be reduced significantly.
Specialty chemical company Albemarle Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its polyolefin catalysts and components business to W. R. Grace & Co.
Admaterials Technologies has signed a one-year contract with Singapore's Land Transport Authority to conduct innovative research on the effectiveness of different coatings systems on the protection of critical concrete structures.
Safic-Alcan UK, a distributor of specialty chemicals and subsidiary of the Safic-Alcan Group, has acquired 100% of Techform Fine Chemicals Ltd., a chemical distributor specializing in the construction sector in the UK and Ireland.
Sirrus Inc., a developer of next-generation crosslinking platforms for coatings and adhesives, has entered into a joint development agreement with BASF's Coatings Division.
Micro Powders, Inc. has been awarded a Silver recognition level rating from EcoVadis, the first collaborative platform providing sustainability ratings and performance improvement tools for global supply chains.
In 2017, Patricia Beurdeley, the Development & Innovation Leader for Architectural Coatings for Arkema in the EMEA region, led and compiled research related to hydrophobic acrylic emulsions used in exterior and interior paint formulations.
Pilot Chemical Co., Cincinnati, is investing $5 million this year – and tens of millions of dollars over the next five years – in technology and innovation.
Specialty chemical company Clariant completed a project to expand its industrial facility in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, and increased production capacity by around 15%.
As part of its ongoing research into the safety of chemicals used in industrial, commercial and consumer applications, UL, an independent research and testing organization, has recently completed a study in which a variety of solvent-based and water-based floor coating products were tested for airborne emissions in simulated indoor environments.
According to a new study by Transparency Market Research, the global market for industrial coatings was valued at $31.478 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach a value of $41.682 billion by the end of 2022.
Confidence levels in the coatings industry have returned to those last seen in 2016, as the latest statistics from the British Coatings Federation (BCF) show a renewed optimism, with companies showcasing a more positive outlook for paints, coatings and printing ink sales for the year ahead.
The province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands, TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research), ECN (Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands) and the Flemish VITO are jointly investing €10 million in the development of bio-aromatics, sustainable raw materials for the chemical industry.
The British Coatings Federation picked up a third major award in 2017, winning the Industry Leadership award at the fourth British Standards Institution's Awards.
No. 865 is a 750 °F, three-zone conveyor oven that offers workspace dimensions of 30” W x 18’ D x 15” H. 90 KW (30 KW per zone) are installed in Incoloy sheathed tubular heating elements, while three 1500 CFM, 1-1/2 HP recirculating blowers provide vertical downward airflow to the workload.
EBECRYL LED 03 is a unique UV LED booster that solves surface cure issues of both flexo and inkjet inks, overprint varnish applications on LED UV presses, and wood coatings.
The new MA-T12, a 12-angle device, and the MA-T6, a six-angle device, are the first instruments to combine color imaging and multi-angle spectral measurement to quantify color, sparkle and coarseness.