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Celebrating ten years of American Coatings Show
After the American Coatings Show and Conference (ACS) kicked off ten years ago, the premier coatings event in North America can look back at impressive growth. The ...
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Increase of BASF production capacities for aliphatic polyisocyanates
BASF has expanded its capacities for the production of "Basonat" hardeners at the Ludwigshafen site.
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Application of neutron imaging to investigate durability of cement-based materials
A recently published review deals with applications of both two-dimensional neutron radiography and three-dimensional neutron tomography to investigate specific...
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Clariant starts 2018 with significant growth
Clariant announced first quarter 2018 sales of about EUR 1.4354 billion compared to EUR 1.3353 billion in the first quarter of 2017. This corresponds to 7 % ...
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Effect of drying temperature on nanofiltration membranes
A recently published study reports on the preparation of a novel sulfonated polyether sulfone nanofiltration membrane via a manual coating method.
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Perstorp publishes Annual Report for 2017
2017 saw Swedish specialty chemistry company Perstorp reaching an delivery of an excellent volume-based sales growth of 10 percent and sales amounting to SEK 13,592 ...
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Antibacterial silicylacrylate copolymer emulsion for antifouling coatings
Employing silicylacrylate and cationic acrylate as functional monomers, a novel silicylacrylate copolymer (SAC) antibacterial emulsion was successfully synthesised...
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Active Minerals International announces capacity expansion
Active Minerals International (AMI) adds capacity for attapulgite-based performance additives for coatings.
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New lecture on UV dual cure coatings online
UV curing offers many advantages for plastic coatings that can be used in automotive interiors. A new video lecture in our digital library 360° describes the ...
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Waterborne polyurethane based on AAS-Na and LDMPA
In a recently published paper, aliphatic diamine sulphonate (AAS-Na) and liquefiable dimethylol propionic acid (LDMPA) were used together to synthesise waterborne...
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CEPE: “Requirements that some of our members are finding difficult to meet
In September last year, Dr Harald Borgholte of BASF’s Coatings division was elected as President of CEPE. He looks forward to the opportunity to make lasting ...
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BASF starts new production line of high-temperature resistant thermoplastic in Korea
BASF has started up a new production line for its high-temperature resistant thermoplastic "Ultrason" (polyarylsulfone) at its site in Yeosu, Korea. With the ...
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Linseed oil encapsulated self-healing anticorrosive coating
In a new study a linseed oil encapsulated self-healing coating was developed by incorporating 10 wt% synthesized microcapsules into an epoxy-polyamine coating...
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New market study PUR paints and coatings
For the first time, Ceresana examined the global market for PUR paints and coatings in detail: The market research institute forecasts revenues generated with ...