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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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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...
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Arkema enhances powder coating resins capacity
Arkema has announced the doubling of its polyester resins capacity in its Navi Mumbai facility in India, reinforcing the Group’s position in the global powder coatings market.
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Measuring blocking resistance in films cast from polymer latexes
Blocking resistance is a poorly characterised feature in films cast from latexes. Researchers have now described the use of a universal testing machine to measure it.
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Siegwerk submits commitment letter to Science Based Targets initiative
Siegwerk has signed the commitment letter for the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and is the only major inks manufacturer to do so to date.