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Interview: “I want to ensure that the EFC continues to be successful
Jörg A. Vogelsang, Head of Corporate Analytics & Testing at Sika Technology, has been President of the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC) since January 2021. He has a lot of plans for his two-year...
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Dr Stefan Lätsch becomes Managing Director at Brüggeman
The chemical company Brüggemann has appointed Dr Stefan Lätsch as a member of the management board effective April 1, 2021. His responsibilities will include the further international expansion of the...
News Production & Lab
A sky-blue superhydrophobic coating and its applications
A new paper describes a colour coating with excellent self-cleaning, oil/water separation, and anti-corrosion properties.
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Bodo Möller Chemie expands agreement with BASF in South Africa
Bodo Möller Chemie South Africa is expanding the exclusive sales and distribution agreement with BASF South Africa for resins and additives.
News Application Areas
Superhydrophobic and breathable coatings on polyester fabrics
A superhydrophobic, deep color, infrared-reflective and breathable coating was prepared on polyester fabrics by a dip coating process.
News Markets & Companies
New subsidiary: Roberlo is strengthening its commitment to the North American market
Roberlo has announced the opening of a new subsidiary in Canada in February. This will bring the number of subsidiaries that Roberlo has on the American continent to eight.
News Coatings Technologies
Properties of polymer coated urea from liquefied starch
Scientists have studied the relationship between starch liquefaction behavior and properties of polymer coated urea from liquefied starch.
News Production & Lab
AI projects for manufacturing companies
Automation at the push of a button? Unfortunately, not (yet) possible. Experience shows that it is a continous process to realise the potential of digitization. Our guest author Verena Fink from the consulting...
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Nouryon renames Industrial Chemicals subsidiary to Nobian
Nouryon has chosen to rename its wholly-owned Industrial Chemicals business to Nobian.
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Preparing a self-healing alkyd coating based on microcapsules containing Tung oil
A commercial coating was transformed into a self-healing coating by inserting urea-formaldehyde microcapsules (MCs) containing tung oil (TO), to improve coated metal corrosion resistance.
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Akzo Nobel confirms intent to acquire Tikkurila with binding proposal
After its initial non binding proposal Akzo Nobel now has submitted a binding proposal to the Board of Directors of Tikkurila to acquire the Finnish coating manufacturer having completed its due diligence...
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Zeppelin acquires MTI Mischtechnik
Zeppelin Systems has taken over the owner-managed MTI Mischtechnik, whose shares were up for sale in October 2020 following insolvency proceedings.
News Coatings Technologies
Facile preparation of superhydrophobic surface on paper substrate
A new paper describes the preparation of an economical eco-friendly superhydrophobic surface on paper substrate with excellent mechanical durability.
News Legislation
REACH: Large task, large benefits
The registration of chemicals under REACH has been a big task for the chemical industry as a whole - and of course for the coatings industry. However, REACH has had many positive effects. As a recent study...