The British Coatings Federation (BCF) calls for delay and rethink on the potentially crippling impact of new Poison Centre regulations on the coatings and inks sector.

A lab complex which can test new products in conditions that mimic the world's most extreme environments has been officially opened by Akzo Nobel in the UK.

With immediate effect Stockmeier distributes the assortment of Dutch company BRB International BV in the sales area Switzerland.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has selected a location in the US for a world-scale polymerisation plant for its expandable microspheres.

BASF opens a new regional Automotive Application Center and a new research and development center for process catalysts at its Shanghai site.

A current work describes the deposition of thin films derived from d-limonene, a product extracted from waste orange peels, using plasma polymerisation technique.

Scientists recently developed a modified, accelerated chloride migration test for UHPC and UHPFRC with PVA and steel fibers.

Researchers recently studied the synthesis and properties of UV-curable cardanol-based acrylate oligomers with cyclotriphosphazene core.

Wood is a challenging substrate, vulnerable to many different deteriorating threads. A new article in the European Coatings Journal describes how dual-curing with water-borne UV polyurethanes can improve wood coatings.

The scope of a current work is to study the effect of calcium carbonate developed from different sources (e.g. natural calcite, marble and egg shell wastes) on the corrosion protection performance of anticorrosive coatings.