Temporary protective films are designed to protect everything from automobiles to appliances, construction products and housewares. Designed to be easily peeled off by the customer, these “strippable” films safeguard easily damaged surfaces during post processing metal fabrication operations, shipping, handling and installation.
With asset utilization critical, and community and regulatory pressure always looming, it is essential that tank farm owners proactively prevent any loss of containment with reliable, cost-effective corrosion protection. This is crucial since atmospheric corrosion is one of the main culprits of tank leaks, containment loss and early replacement.
The size of the global powder coatings market in 2017 was USD 9.33 billion and is projected to reach USD 14.70 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 5.8% over the forecast period. Major factors that are driving the market are increasing demand from end-use industries including automotive, consumer goods, architectural, general industries and furniture.
The showpiece Jumeirah Lakes Towers development in Dubai chose a specialist car park deck coating system from Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings to meet the highest level of flexibility required for its latest expansion project.
The European Coatings Show provided attendees the opportunity to learn about the latest technology in the industry. This article provides a glimpse at some of the advancements and new solutions presented at this year’s event.
The Smart Paintshop is a complete, 360-degree linked production system, an auto body painting system that provides high-performance efficiency, safety, quality, cost savings and environmental friendliness from start to finish.
Before coating, more and more plastic parts are being cleaned with CO2 snow jet technology. Besides the significant cost, space and resource savings, as well as the ease with which the cleaning system can be integrated into painting lines, coating properties also benefit from the dry cleaning solution.
In addition to the advantages of controlling repair costs, avoiding warranty costs for failure recovery, reducing unplanned downtime and eliminating the causes of failure, predictive maintenance employs non-intrusive testing techniques to evaluate and compute asset performance trends.
The work described is focused on studies demonstrating
the benefits in use of nano-particle dispersions, and extends to substrates such as wood, masonry, concrete, fiber cement, tile, floors and plaster.
Design of polyols with varying levels of recycled PET afforded insight into how this important recycled material ultimately affects end use performance of resulting polyols.
Saul Vance's boss was telling him that the formulation that Saul had developed and tested was being pulled from the market, and Saul can't understand why. Why was the formulation pulled from the market? Why did a change in solvent make the formulation no longer sellable, even though the properties were so similar?
Azelis, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients, has acquired Chemroy, a Canadian distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients.
As the global demand for pentaerythritol (Penta) keeps growing, Perstorp is increasing the effective annual Penta production capacity at its Bruchhausen/Arnsberg plant in Germany by 12.5%.
Tnemec Co. Inc., a manufacturer of industrial and architectural protective coatings, has acquired St. Louis-based coatings company ProPolymer Coatings.
Huntsman's Performance Products division has appointed Azelis Americas CASE LLC as its sole distributor in the North Central and Northeast United States for its portfolio of CASE specialty products.
The Coating Additives Business Line of Evonik has extended its existing partnership with DKSH, a leading market expansion services provider with a focus on Asia.
IMCD and DuPont Industrial Biosciences announced an expansion of their distribution partnership in Europe for biocides used in industrial preservation and homecare applications.
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is expanding its production capacity for the industrial chemical benzyl alcohol for the global market by around 30%.
Sartomer, a business line of Arkema, has launched in-house electron beam (EB) labs with equipment to help customers develop and test EB-curing formulations on a small scale using Sartomer's advanced liquid resin solutions.
In an effort to ensure optimal and sustainable screening equipment processes and productivity, Midwestern Industries Inc., Massillon, Ohio, has expanded its advanced, full-scale screening test facility capabilities for customers.
Coatings provider Stahl, Waalwijk, the Netherlands, and Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc., a producer of specialty chemicals from renewable feedstocks, have signed a supply agreement.
Troy Corp., Florham Park, New Jersey, announced the introduction of ProTek™ – the new brand name encompassing all Troy preservative products developed for pressure treaters.
Following the successful production of bio-succinic acid under the trademark Biosuccinium® since 2012, Reverdia's parent companies — Royal DSM and Roquette — have decided on a strategic shift in the continuing operations of their joint venture.
BASF is enhancing its regional innovation capabilities with new facilities at the Innovation Campus Shanghai, to further strengthen collaboration with the automotive industry and to offer new process catalysts to the chemical industry.
OPC Polymers has selected Lintech International LLC to become its exclusive distribution partner for the East and Southeast regions of the United States.
Collaboration between material scientists, biologists and chemists could advance the development of self-assembling nanomaterials, called nanoarchitectonics, argues a review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President Eric R. Byer issued a statement expressing the association's disappointment in the U.S. Trade Representative's announced decision to remove India and Turkey from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
Research and Markets is offering Automotive Coatings: Technologies and Global Markets, a report covering the different types of automotive coatings used globally on various types of vehicles.
NACE International and the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC), two non-profit professional associations in the field of corrosion and coating standards, training, and certification, have initiated exploratory discussions about synergistic opportunities that may exist between the two organizations.
The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) is seeking nominations for the 2020 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has collaborated on a project to advance the development of a low-cost, self-cleaning coating technology for industrial filter membranes.
Designed to collect and exhaust corrosive vapors, heat, steam and odors when mounted over areas with water baths, hot plates or portable equipment, these canopy hoods are available in wall, island and corner models.
Now standard on Delta T Systems chillers, this controller feature monitors and adjusts set point temperature at or above ambient dew point temperature, preventing condensation.
ROSS PowerMix is a hybrid planetary mixer equipped with the patented High-Viscosity "HV" Stirrer Blade providing axial product movement and radial exposure to a High-Speed Disperse Blade, which in turn breaks down agglomerates and promotes rapid solids wet-out.
A cloud-based digital subscription platform for the paint and coatings industry, Allchemist allows users to search and compare raw materials, develop and optimize formulations, and produce safety data sheets and labels.