Our July issue features our most-popular article of the year – the annual Global Top 10 and PCI 25 ranking of the top coatings manufacturers. Also featured this month are articles on new antimicrobial technology, a simpler method to calculate crosslink density of thermoset polymers, methods for describing color and effect, and hazmat waste put to use.
A ranking of the top 10 global and top 25 North American coating manufacturers. The ranking is based on 2017 coatings sales. Sales of other noncoating products are not included.
Pink stain is a common problem on marine fabrics such as seating cushions, upholstery flooring and other vinyl surfaces. Once the stain happens, it cannot be cleaned. However, there are ways to prevent pink stain in the first place, through either preventing the growth of the bacteria that causes it or by sealing the substrate with a coating.
Well known for its high-performance qualities and durability, including superior resistance to ultraviolet rays and exceptional dirt and stain resistance, Sherwin-Williams Coil Coating's Fluropon offers many valuable features.
Manufacturers of storage tanks and antistatic lining coatings can gain a competitive edge by switching to graphene nanotube-based concentrates for their products. Uniform, permanent and stable resistivity ensures enhanced safety at their clients’ highly hazardous plants and reduces the cost of lining coatings.
Dürr is currently building a fully automatic paint shop for a local OEM in Hefei in the Anhui Province of China. The plant is designed to handle 100,000 units per year, and will commence operation in June 2018. The integration of numerous digital@DÜRR solutions turns the paint shop into a Smart Factory with extensive use of data.
This article demonstrates the equivalence of a simple calculation for crosslink density to more sophisticated methods developed by others. By virtue of the method's simplicity it has been easily extended to more complicated UV-curing systems and serves to easily determine the effects of prepolymer architecture on the crosslink density in the cured film.
Through a new recycling process, this company is able to serve the markets with a final recycled product that saved many important ingredients from land burial or fuel blending.
This new antimicrobial technology provides a safe mechanism for generating an antimicrobial active surface for coatings with unique, long-lasting antimicrobial protection against a wide spectrum of microbes with no risk of microbial resistance.
The three methods presented here are: visual matching at the window or in the light cabin; instrument-based measurement with the relevant portable devices; as well as the description of the optical properties.
From the perspective of TiPMC Solutions, ensuring reliable supplies of high-quality TiO2 and the feedstocks required to produce it will mean that coatings and other downstream customers will need to share value with the TiO2 producers, and their feedstock suppliers.
Lonza announced that its Proxel® BZ Plus Preservative is now compatible for the in-can preservation of interior paints in accordance with the Blue Angel label criteria RAL-UZ 102.
Maroon Group LLC, Avon, Ohio, has acquired J. Tech Sales, a national distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
Astorg and Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal) announced that Astorg has partnered with management and signed a definitive agreement to acquire IGM Resins, a global manufacturer and innovator of ultraviolet (UV) curable materials, from Arsenal.
A new responsive website is now available to educate and inform prospects, customers, chemistry partners and machine builders about Heraeus Noblelight America's innovative technologies, capabilities, process applications and benefits to end users.
Specialty chemicals provider Milliken & Co. and surfactants and specialty chemicals producer Oxiteno USA LLC have entered into a multi-year co-manufacturing agreement.
Siltech Corp., a producer of specialty organo-modified silicones, has significantly expanded its production capabilities at its Mississauga, Ontario, location.
DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Archer Daniels Midland Co. announced the opening of the world's first biobased furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME) pilot production facility in Decatur, Illinois.
AB Specialty Silicones, Waukegan, Illinois, has completed a plant expansion in a continuing effort to meet the growing needs of the silicone marketplace.
RadTech is partnering with IUVA, the International Ultraviolet Association, to organize sessions related to UV+EB curing technology at the upcoming 2019 IUVA World Congress & Exhibition taking place Feb. 10-13, 2019, at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
The University of Alicante Research Group in Vision and Color has developed a novel procedure for obtaining natural hybrid nanopigments able to optimize the optical, thermal and mechanical properties of the composite materials they are applied to.
Available for iOS and Android devices, the Digital Color Card application brings a realistic representation of Merck KGaA's portfolio of coating effect pigments.