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Armodios Yannidis elected HACI President
The new Board of Directors of the Hellenic Association of Chemical Industries (HACI) was constituted into a body, following the elections held during the Association’s Annual General Meeting.
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Project aims to use biobased aromatics for sustainable alkyd coatings
A consortium of 10 partners has started the Bright Coatings project with the aim to demonstrate the feasibility of the production and use of biobased aromatics for sustainable alkyd coatings.
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Allnex turns its alkyd product line more sustainable
Allnex has announced to turn its alkyd product line more sustainable by using mass balanced, biobased pentaerythritol in all its alkyds in EMEA.
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Fraunhofer IFAM researches digital surface and coating technology
With the newly opened !Center for Networked Surface and Coating Technology", Fraunhofer IFAM combines its expertise in the fields of cleaning, pre-treatment, coating and quality assurance for the automated...
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Sherwin-Williams to acquire Gross & Perthun
The Sherwin-Williams Company has announced an agreement to acquire Gross & Perthun, developer, manufacturer, and distributor of coatings primarily for the heavy equipment and transportation industries...
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A feasible approach for designing multilayer anti icing systems
Reseachers have presented a scalable high-efficiency multilayered anti-icing/de-icing coating: A superhydrophobic upper layer boosts the performance of a electrothermal system.
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Perstorp introduces 2-Ethylhexanol partly based on renewables
Perstorp has introduced 2-Ethylhexanol based on 25% renewable raw material. It is designed to reduce the carbon footprint throughout the value chain where it is used to support sustainable sourcing of...
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EC Podcast: Ranking of the largest coatings companies
The latest episode of the European Coatings Podcast focuses on the current list of the top 25 paint manufacturers in Europe.
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Bio-inspired coatings for corrosion protection
A recently published review article gives an elaborative overview on the recent advances in bio-inspired multifunctional coatings for corrosion protection.
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Quiminutri is now IGM Resins do Brasil
The IGM Resins Group subsidiary Quiminutri Especialidades Químicas, has a new name: IGM Resins do Brasil.
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Casein stabilised waterborne latexes
Researchers have recently presented high biobased content waterborne latexes stabilised with casein.
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Interview: “Some challenges remain
Although water-borne epoxy performance has advanced significantly over the past 40 years, there are some challenges that remain when transitioning from solvent- to water-borne coatings, says Daniel J....
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Ocsial expands production capacities in Europe
Ocsial has announced the launching of a new a graphene nanotube synthesis facility near Belgrade, Serbia, in the first half of 2023.
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Water transport through epoxy-based powder pipeline coatings
Water can change the molecular structure of polymeric coatings over time and affect the mass transport of other permeants. Hydration of the epoxy network at elevated temperatures increases the aggregate...