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CEPE Annual Conference: Sustainability with high performance into a green future
An important event for the European paint and coatings industry is coming up: the CEPE Annual Conference & General Assembly 2010 taking place 22 24 September 2010 in Istanbul/Turkey. Exclusive key-note presentations in the plenary session and a "sustainability kick-off" will highlight sustainability of products and processes from all angles. The participants look forward to the possibility for greater depth of sustainability provided in two focus sessions on Decorative Coatings & Industrial Coatings. The Conference together with its Welcome Reception and the festive CEPE Night will offer unlimited networking opportunities to discuss the current positioning and future strategy of your industry with your peers. The detailed conference programme, abstracts of the presentations and more information about the conference location can be found
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Celanese Emulsion Polymers appoints Boysan as distributor in Turkey
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Trends in printing inks
The printing inks industry is faced by challenges ranging from price pressure and chemicals shortages to product safety, legislation and sustainability issues. Dr. Martin Poppe, Clariant Produkte (Deutschland), Dr. Erich Frank (Flint Group) and Jack Baarends, formerly Hexion Specialty Chemicals, comment on current trends regarding printing inks.By Kirsten Wrede
Properties of a novel corn-zein coating structure
Biopolymers offer a noticeable potential of replacing conventional petroleum based polymers in food packaging materials. Protein based biopolymers including corn zein can be processed into films and form an excellent barrier to gases and a moderate barrier to water vapor. Dr. Funda Tihminlioglu, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, explains her study of a novel corn-zein coating structure on polypropylene films as an alternative water vapor and oxygen-barrier for flexible packaging.By Kirsten Wrede
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(08/2010)
Read and comment the editors' views on trends & products, market & people.
(September 02, 2010)
I just edited a review article on polyurethane coatings, which will be published in the October Issue of the European Coatings Journal. Polyurethane polymers started their trimphal procession in the 1930s and it is still going on, e.g. 2k systems account for 80% of topcoats/clearcoats in car refinish. Nowadays formulating low VOC, waterborne coatings with PU is possible without sacrifying performance.The newest generation of wateborne systems can match the performance of most solvent-based
(August 27, 2010)
A sustainable life for the "inhabitants" of the sea - that's the overall goal of the "Marine Paint" research program. This project, carried out at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, is aimed at developing new and effective marine antifouling paints, which are more environmentally friendly than those in use today.
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