March is our European Coatings Show issue. Articles feature new soy-based technology for sustainable, high-performance products, the impact of Significant New Use Rules, success strategies for new product development, and peelable anti-corrosion coatings.
There are opportunities to create and uncover value in sales, margin, throughput and cost, leveraging new business models in emerging markets, commercial and operational efficiencies including new distributed manufacturing methods, supply chain optimization, application methods and equipment and coating services.
The European Coatings Show will focus on trends and technologies covering all aspects of the production of paints, coatings, sealants, construction chemicals and adhesives. For the first time, the show will extend into eight halls. Below is a snapshot of some of the technology that will be presented at this year's ECS.
Thermal oxidizers, or afterburners, are an effective method of controlling the VOCs, HAPs and odor-causing compounds from new drum manufacturing and drum reconditioning processes.
Anti-corrosion coatings have become a necessity for industries to safeguard the huge investments they make in terms of money, property and safety of workers. These coatings are used extensively in industries such as marine, oil and gas, petrochemical, infrastructure, and power generation, among others. The global high-performance anti-corrosion coating market size was estimated to be USD 10.5 billion in 2018.
To help keep pace with the demands of modern complex building design, the research and development of fire protection has become critical. Here, Rick Perkins of Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings looks at a breakthrough and the benefits emerging for the asset owner.
The objective of the study was to develop next-generation on-line monitoring that can detect deviations from the optimum spraying conditions at an early stage, enabling prompt correction and greatly reducing product rejections and re-coating compared to the inadequate post-spray quality check.
Years ago, mariners covered the hulls of vessels with copper sheeting to provide anti-fouling properties. Today, Corrocoat Biofoul, a heavy-duty anti-fouling coating, works in a similar way, presenting a protective, copper-rich surface to fouling agents.
A&E Networks is a television production company that produces shows such as The First 48, Longmire and Duck Dynasty. For this project, A&E hired High Performance Systems Corporation, an expert resinous flooring contractor, to install a resinous flooring system in one of their new 3,775 sq. ft. recording studios located in New York City.
In this article, we report on the evaluation of microcapsule-based self-healing functionality in a range of organic zinc-rich primers with a view towards assessing potential synergies between the maintenance of the coating's adhesion to the substrate after damage afforded by the incorporation of the self-healing additive.
As a peelable resin for metal protection, this resin proves that it is possible to deliver a coating that provides the corrosion protection, scratch protection and chemical resistance of a paint, but with the easy removal of a peelable coating.
Soybean oil, or its derivatives, primarily replaces petrochemicals, which often results in improved performance, lower VOCs, and in many cases a reduced economic cost.
Salt spray corrosion resistance provided from powder coatings for ACE applications can be improved by new superdurable polyesters for ß-hydroxy-alkyl-amide, triglycidyl-isocyanurate and the blend of diglycidylterephthalate with triglycidyltrimellitate developed by Allnex.
Today we face a new regulatory environment as a result of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act (CSA), which went into effect in June of 2016. With the new law in place how does this affect the development and use of UV-curable coatings, inks, etc.?
By adding a new building to its headquarters in Feldkirchen, Germany, Nanotec has created more space for the development of new drive solutions for industrial automation.
Excelitas Technologies Corp., a provider of customized photonic solutions, has completed the acquisition of Axsun Technologies, Billerica, Massachusetts.
Sudarshan, a provider of pigments headquartered in Pune, India, has started operations at the company's first application development lab outside of India.
Light Curable Coatings and Quick Cure Protective Coatings received a 2018 R&D 100 Award for a UV curable industrial floor coating based on bio-renewable materials.
As mentioned in its theme for this year, "On The Road To New Technologies," the FOCUS Conference has hit the road and moved to a new location that should be more user friendly to all attendees.
Italvacuum has selected Mixing Dynamics LLC as its North American representative for the sale and service of its line of vacuum dryers and vacuum pumps.
The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) launched a new website that highlights the importance of coatings products in everyday life and the many environmental benefits derived from coatings products in the architectural, automotive and industrial sectors.
Researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering are tapping a new set of capabilities in the field of artificial intelligence, combining artificial neural networks with infrared thermal imaging to control and interpret chemical reactions with precision and speed that far outpace conventional methods.
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President, Eric R. Byer, issued a statement thanking the U.S. House of Representatives for reauthorizing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program.
The architectural coatings market is anticipated to witness moderate growth in the coming years, with demand in 2018 expected to have surpassed 33,000,000 tons, according to the latest report by Fact.MR.
RadTech, the non-profit trade association for ultraviolet and electron beam technologies, announced that Eileen Weber, Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co. Inc., is its new President.
With a probe-in-pen design, Phascope Paint measures non-destructive coating thickness of non-conductive coating materials on steel or iron and on non-ferrous metals.
Ideal for R&D, scale-up and small-scale production of induction, mixing and dispersing, Ystral PiloTec offers dust- and loss-free powder induction, wetting under vacuum, and dispersion, all in one passage.