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Local production offers us completely new possibilities

The coatings and adhesives manufacturer Follmann is expanding its adhesives business in Europe with two acquisitions. With Great Britain and Russia, the company...

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Market study on intumescent coatings

The intumescent coatings market is projected to grow from an estimated EUR 774.5 million in 2018 to EUR 955,1 million by 2023, at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2018 to ...

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Development of a castor oil-titanium dioxide hyperbranched poly (ester amide) nanocomposite

Recently, scientists proposed a sustainable, green precursor-based anticorrosive nanocomposite coating.

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Ineos Styrolution acquires two polystyrene production sites in China from Total S.A.

Ineos Styrolution announced that it signed an acquisition agreement with Total S.A. for two polystyrene (PS) production sites in China.

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Characterisation of the dispersity of emulsions via microwaves

A rapid and non-invasive method to determine the dispersity of emulsions is developed based on the interrelationship between the droplet size distribution and...

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Evonik sells its US Jayhawk site

Evonik is taking the next step in focusing on specialty chemicals with the divestment of its US Jayhawk site in Galena, Kansas.

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Rheological requirements for printable concretes

Recently, scientists investigated the rheological requirements for printable concrete in terms of yield stress, viscosity, elastic modulus, critical strain, ...

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Interview: The situation with bio-based adhesives is still in flux

Dr. Matthias Popp, Group Leader for Adhesives Formulation, Fraunhofer IFAM, on current trends in adhesives and the situation regarding bio-based adhesives....

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ECS Conference final call for papers

The European Coatings Show Conference call for papers for 2019 is about to end shortly. Companies, universities and institutes are kindly invited to submit...

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Carboline acquires Strathmore and American Coatings Brands

St. Louis-based coatings manufacturer Carboline has announced the acquisition of the Strathmore and American Coatings product lines.

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Chemical cross-linking of polyurea spray coatings

In a new work, scientists demonstrate the effect of introducing chemical cross-linking on the mechanical, thermal and structural properties of spray coated ...

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New video on self-healing primers to extent protection

In a recent webcast Roman Subramanyam Kasisomayajula of Autonomic Materials explained to the European Coatings community how Incorporating a self-healing additive ...

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IMCD to acquire European speciality chemicals distributor Velox

IMCD announced that it signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Velox GmbH. The transaction is subject to regulatory review.

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Corrosion protection performance of mild steel coated with hybrid sol-gel silane coating

In a new study, scientists investigated the influence of silane hydrolysis time and concentration on the corrosion protection performance of an environmentally ...