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Offset print quality: Studying the effect of coating formulations
Researchers have studied the effects of the interaction of pigment coating with ink on the offset print quality.
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Venator to measure the carbon footprint of its products
Venator is working with Atos – a global leader in digital transformation – to measure the carbon footprint of its products.
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Investigating curing-induced internal stress in epoxy coatings
Researchers have studied the effects of epoxy binder, curing agent, filler, initial solvent concentration, curing temperature, and relative humidity on the curing-induced internal stress in epoxy coatings....
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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year
The European Coatings team wishes you happy holidays and all the best for 2023.
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Kansai Helios acquires Beckers’ global railway coatings business
Kansai Helios will, after completion of closing conditions, acquire all business assets of Beckers in the Railway Coatings segment, such as recipes and railway homologations and customer database – excluding...
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Imitating shark skin: Epoxy resin coating for drag-reduction
Researchers have presented a novel bionic non-smooth epoxy resin coating with corrosion inhibitor for drag-reduction and durability.
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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.
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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.