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Enhancing corrosion resistance of epoxy coating on steel reinforcement
A current paper aims to examine the corrosion resistance of epoxy coating incorporated with aminobenzoate intercalated Mg-Al layered double hydroxides (LDH) on steel reinforcement in simulated concrete...
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Marine coatings: “Increased need for cooperation”
Peter van Aken, new business development director at Lonza, thinks that cooperation between industry, the academic world and start-up companies is increasingly needed to cope with the challenges imposed...
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Brenntag Specialties announces new distribution agreement with Yipin USA
Brenntag Specialties is now a distributor for Yipin USA’s coatings, cosmetic, and personal care lines of iron oxides in the United States.
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Improved adhesion of environmentally friendly paint film on wood
Researchers recently improved paint adhesion of environmentally friendly paint film on wood surface by plasma treatment.
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Akzo Nobel to acquire Mapaero
Akzo Nobel has announced its intention to acquire French aerospace coatings manufacturer Mapaero.
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Bio-inspired transparent structural colour film
The transparent wings of insects with intelligent structural colours or good invisibility in different surroundings provide them with unique camouflage capability and were therefore used as model for a...
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Mergers and acquisitions: Deceleration in the coatings industry
After our first overview of company acquisitions and mergers in the coatings and neighboring industries, we are now able to present a much larger overview this year. However, this is not necessarily due...
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Founding of Briolf Group
With headquarters in Girona, Spain, the new industrial group brings together more than 50 years of experience and expects to exceed 125 million euros in turnover this year
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Multifunctional polyurethane coatings derived from undecylenic acid
Renewable resource based polyol derived from undecylenic acid, a by-product of castor oil, was successfully synthesised by three consecutive reactions: methylation, thiol-ene addition, and amidation.
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Akzo Nobel to boost investment in Changzhou powder coatings plant
Akzo Nobel has announced plans to add three new production lines at its Changzhou powder coatings plant in China – the company’s largest facility of its kind in the world.
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Corrosion and fouling behaviors of phosphatised Q235 carbon steel
In a recently published work, various fluorinated polysiloxane coatings with hydrophobic characteristics were fabricated and coated on phosphatised Q235 carbon steel (PCS) to improve the corrosion resistance...
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Pinpools and TankContainerFinder.com integrate platform functionalities
German company Pinpools and Dutch company TankContainerFinder.com (TCF), both founded in 2017, have created digital platforms to improve the chemicals and tank container business.
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Intumescent flame retardant and anti-dripping of PET fabrics
In a new paper, chitosan (CH) and ammonium polyphosphate (APP) were used as the intumescent flame retardant system which was constructed on PET fabrics surface via the Layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly technique....
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Colouring by polymer stress instead of pigments
Material stress is normally not good for polymer films in paints and varnishes, after all it can lead to damage and failure of the protective function. A Nature article now shows how it can also be used...