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Nouryon expands global alkoxylation network
Nouryon has expanded its alkoxylation footprint in Southeast Asia through an asset purchase on Jurong Island, Singapore.
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Fabrication of superhydrophobic cellulose powder
In a new work, researchers have proposed a facile one-step solvent-free method to prepare superhydrophobic and universal cellulose powder.
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Crop Energies to build renewable ethyl acetate plant
Crop Energies will build a plant for the production of renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol. Foreseen location is the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park, Elsteraue, Germany.
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Corrosion resistance of a water-borne resin doped with graphene derivatives
A new work reports the effect of adding Graphene Oxide (GO) and reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) on the corrosion protection provided by a water-borne resin applied on a galvanised steel substrate.
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PCI doubles capacity in dispersion production
PCI Augsburg is doubling its dispersion production capacity with a new dispersion plant at the company's headquarters in Augsburg, Germany.
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Dental implants: Coating against peri-implantitis
Researchers have decribed the synthesis of cross-linked chitosan by calcium phosphate as long-term drug delivery coating with cytocompatibility.
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Weilburger Coatings takes over operational business from Paint Systems
As per January 01, 2023, Weilburger Coatings GmbH will take over the operational business of Paint Systems’ industrial coatings range focusing on the segments automotive and commercial vehicles.
News Coatings Technologies
December issue: Powder coatings in the focus
The December issue of the European Coatings Journal is out. It features a full package on powder coatings: a market report, a product overview and expert interviews.
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Skin-mimetic: Transparent anti-corrosive coating
A new study presents a skin-mimetic assembly strategy for fabricating a transparent and highly anti-corrosive nanocomposite coating.
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Covestro starts production of Naphthylen-Diisocyanate in Thailand
Covestro has recently started up the production of Naphthylen-Diisocyanate (NDI) at a newly built plant in its Map Ta Phut site in Thailand.
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Inorganic additives and their impact on automotive coating systems
Researchers have systematically varied inorganic additives and and studied their impact on interfacial delamination processes of automotive coating systems.
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Ben Noteboom to become Akzo Nobel Supervisory Board member
Akzo Nobel has announced that Ben Noteboom will be nominated as a member of the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting being held in April 2023. The Supervisory Board intends to subsequently elect...
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Improved anticorrosion properties of waterborne coatings
A new study describes the improvement of anticorrosion properties of waterborne coatings by designing a new type of modified graphene with high dispersion and low conductivity.
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Interview: “We see a need to catch up“
Merck has commissioned a fully automated system for digital colour measurement of pigment products. Dr. Eva Kriegbaum, Head of Surface Solutions Gernsheim, on the degree of automation in the industry and...