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A long-term durable and profitable partnership

San Marco Group is a family-owned business in its fourth generation, leader in Italy in the architectural coatings’ segment, as well as in ETICS, organic plasters and effect paints for the building industry,...

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Double benefit for medical devices

A new study presents a chitosan coating fabricated through nanotopography and alkylation for the prevention of bacterial attachment and corrosion on medical devices.

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Altana acquires stake in technology startup Saralon

The specialty chemicals group Altana has acquired a stake in the tech startup Saralon. The young company specialises in the development of inks for printing electronics.

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New choices for marine antifouling applications

A new paper focused on the constructing of micro-dynamic surface of boron-polyurethane with endurable anti-fouling properties.

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Brenntag expands plant in Brazil

Brenntag has presented the renovation and expansion of its facilities in Nova Esperança, Paraná, Brazil. This site was taken over in 2019 with the acquisition of Quimisa.

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Novel waterborne anti-graffiti polyurethane coating

A fluorine-free coating with superior anti-smudge performance, remarkable wear resistance and high transparency was constructed. The study provides a new way to comprehensive performance waterborne polyurethane...

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Powder coatings: Challenging and promising

For the most part, the powder coatings market rebounded nicely in 2021 from the pandemic low in 2020. The biggest challenge was, and continues to be, raw material pricing and shortages. Despite these challenges,...

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Sur Tec acquires Omnitechnik

Sur Tec International GmbH has acquired Omnitechnik Mikroverkapselungs GmbH. The company covers a wide variety of thread coating applications.

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Urushiol as excellent raw material for self-healing coatings

A recently conducted work suggests the fabrication of mechanically robust urushiol-based polymer coatings with excellent self-healing property and hydrophobicity.

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Sherwin-Williams: Expansion of Sheffield paint production facility

The expansion of the Chapeltown site in Sheffield represents an investment of approximately EUR 11,4 million by Sherwin-Williams and is enabling the group to significantly ramp up the production of brands...

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Cardanol-based polymers for surface coatings

A new study presents bio-based coating resins derived from cardanol using carbocationic polymerisation and their evaluation as one-component alkyd-type coatings.

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Sika opens new plant in Southwestern China

Sika opens a new factory for liquid membranes and mortar products in Chongqing, the city of 30 million in southwest China. With the commissioning of the new plant, Sika aims to expand its position in this...

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Polymer-based composites with anti-icing properties

Reseachers have prepared robust interface-free superhydrophobic polymer-based composites with recoverable and anti-icing properties.

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An investment in future generations

Clare McDermott, Andreas Karpow and Maksymilian Pawlowski of Teknos are giving an insight into recent developments and expectations for the hydrogen coatings market and coatings as an important solution...