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Graffiti spray paints pollute soils with microplastics
A research team has demonstrated that spray paints used for graffiti cause an extensive amount of microplastic pollution in the surrounding soil. Analysing soil samples, scientists recorded hundreds of...
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Sherwin-Williams to expand architectural coatings facilities
Sherwin-Williams has announced facility upgrades that are intended to significantly expand the annual manufacturing capacity for the company's architectural paint and coatings products.
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New Review: Low-gloss UV-curable coatings
A newly published review focuses on light mechanisms, formulations and processes of low-gloss UV-curable coatings.
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Allnex opens new R&D center in Werndorf
Allnex has announced a multi-million-euro investment into a new, state-of-the-art Research and Development center, which is located in Werndorf, Austria and the modernisation and expansion of production...
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Preventing stress cracking failure of bonded joints
The aim of a new project is to prevent the damage caused to bonded joints by additive migration by applying suitable atmospheric pressure plasma coatings in order to increase the long-term stability of...
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BASF opens surface treatment centre in China
The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, opened its first regional innovation and technology centre for applied surface treatment technology...
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Modified GO for enhanced corrosion resistance of waterborne epoxy
Waterborne epoxy (WEP) resin is drawing increasing attention due to its environmentally friendly nature. However, its application has been greatly hindered by poor corrosion resistance due to its rich...
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Röhm and OQ Chemicals break ground for new plant
Röhm and OQ Chemicals officially broke ground on a new world-scale methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant. The new facility will be constructed by Röhm at OQ Chemicals’ production site at Bay City, Texas....
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Selective liquid repellence and tackling COVID-19
A recently published review focuses on surface engineering using PDMS and functionalised nanoparticles for superhydrophobic coatings.
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Covestro breaks ground for new aniline production plant
Covestro has broken ground in Antwerp for a new production facility for the manufacture of aniline. With the capacity expansion, the company intends to strengthen its European production network for the...
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Superhydrophobic coating with excellent corrosion resistance
Researchers have presented a fly ash-derived polybenzoxazine/zeolite A bilayer coating with excellent superhydrophobicity and corrosion resistance.
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Du Pont increases manufacturing capacity in USA
Du Pont has completed a capacity increase for the manufacturing of water-based pigment inkjet inks and dispersions at its plant in Fort Madison, Iowa.
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Fraunhofer IPA: Paint savings with the bat as a model
In the Paint Visco project, researchers at Fraunhofer IPA are modelling the development and processing of paints. The data for this is supplied by a newly designed rheometer. The model for the technology...
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First Boeing 777 with new Surface technology takes off on passenger flights
For the first time, a Boeing 777-300ER operated by Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) took off on a passenger flight with a surface technology jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF.