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Construction of smart halloysite nanocontainers for active long-term anticorrosion of epoxy coatings
Researchers found that the use of halloysite nanotubes (HNT) coated with chitosan (CS) and loaded with pH-responsive releasing corrosion inhibitors (BTA), as in the case of HNT-CS@BTA, significantly improves...
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Holmströms Golvläggning in Västerås joins Håndverksgruppen
Håndverksgruppen continues to grow in Sweden and adds Holmströms Golvläggning to its group of companies. The group's Swedish portfolio now consists of a total of 49 craft businesses with a combined...
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Weilburger Graphics receives EcoVadis gold medal
Weilburger Graphics has won the gold medal in this year's EcoVadis ranking for sustainability. The company is now among the top 5 percent of companies assessed and has achieved a further improvement compared...
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Viscotec takes over its long-standing partner Scanmaster
The Danish company Scanmaster becomes Viscotec Nordic as a result of the takeover and continues to serve the Northern Europe and Baltic regions. Henning Pedersen has been appointed head of the subsidiary....
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Plaslon: PFAS-free non-stick coating
Non-stick coatings have been one of the most popular coatings for cookware, for example, for decades due to their ease of use and cleaning. Common non-stick coatings are produced on a PTFE or sol-gel basis....
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Brenntag opens mixing and blending facility in Vietnam
Brenntag, a chemicals and ingredients distributior, announced the opening of its new mixing and blending facility in Dong Nai province, a key economic zone in the South of Vietnam, approximately 30 kilometers...
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Krahn Chemie opens new subsidiary
Krahn Chemie is strengthening its presence in Central and Eastern Europe and expanding its business in this growth region. To this end, the company has founded a new subsidiary: Krahn Central & Eastern...
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PPG appoints new vice president-elect
PPG announced its new vice president-elect, global sustainability, effective immediately Peter Votruba-Drzal.
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Hospital germs: Antimicrobial curtains
Hospital germs and pathogens are not always transmitted directly from person to person. They can also spread via germ-contaminated objects. Together with the chemical company BASF, the Spiez Laboratory...
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Scott Bader invests £30M to transform
Scott Bader UK invests £30M to transform its flagship UK manufacturing site.
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Wacker plans new production site in the Czech Republic
Wacker intends to further expand its silicone specialties business and is reorganizing production in Europe for this purpose. A new production site for silicones is to be built in Karlovy Vary in the Czech...
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Optimization of poly(acrylate) properties with fatty acid-based methacrylate monomers and alkyd resin mixtures
Researchers have found that the length of the fatty acid chain is decisive for the macromolecular properties of poly(acrylates), while fatty acid-based methacrylate monomers in high-temperature solution...
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Improving the anti-corrosive performance of epoxy/zinc composite coatings with N-doped 3D reduced graphene oxide
The addition of nitrogen-doped 3D-reduced graphene oxide changes the corrosion protection of epoxy/zinc composite coatings.