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Penn Color expands facilities in the Netherlands

Penn Color announces the opening of its expanded facilities for PVC and engineering plastics masterbatches and specialty coatingsat its site in Venray, the Netherlands.

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Anti-corrosive bio-coatings based on quercetin

In a present investigation "phytochemical” quercetin (QCT) loaded in silica nanocontainers as the natural organic inhibitor was utilised to obtain active anticorrosive coatings.

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What experts think about the future of wood coatings

Wood is a trending material. Not only for furniture but also al sorts of other goods and of course in architecture. We interviewed two experts about latest trends and how coatings can improve protection...

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Arkema starts up a new acrylic acid reactor in the US

Arkema has brought on stream, and on schedule, a new acrylic acid reactor with a capacity of 90,000-ton per year at its Clear Lake, Texas site.

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Characterisation of CVD coatings on PEEK substrate

In the frame of a new research study, PEEK substrates were modified by the PTFE + silica/organic silicone multilayer structures.

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Mauler celebrates its 100th anniversary

French family company Mauler, manufacturer of products for the design and care of wood and other materials, celebrated his 100th birthday at the beginning of October.

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Sorption hysteresis in hardened cement paste

Recently, researchers presented a model for sorption hysteresis in hardened cement paste.

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Nouryon to expand ethylene amines offering

Nouryon has inaugurated a demonstration plant in Stenungsund, Sweden to showcase a new and more sustainable technology platform to produce ethylene amines and their derivatives.

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Substituent effect on cool activity of perylene bisimide pigments

In a new paper, some derivatives of perylene bisimides are successfully synthesised and characterised using FTIR, HNMR and XRD techniques.

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Chemical transport: Cefic response guidelines

Companies involved in the manufacture, management and distribution of chemicals should ensure their systems and processes have suitable features to support a fast and effective response intervention when...

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Axalta invests in Turkey

Axalta acquires a new manufacturing site in Turkey for its powder coatings business.

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Development of a visual inspection system for the detection of paint defects on car bodies

A recently published paper focuses on the development and validation of an algorithm for a surface inspection system, which improves the accuracy of detecting paint defects through an image processing...

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Market study on levulinic acid and succinic acid

Two new market reports published by Nova-Institute shed light on the current and future market situation of levulinic acid and succinic acid.

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Properties of water-borne hyperbranched alkyd–acrylic resins

The goal of a new work was to prepare and evaluate various properties of water-borne hyperbranched alkyd–acrylic resins (HAAR).