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Biesterfeld and Evonik appoint partnership in the polyurethane segment
Biesterfeld Spezialchemie GmbH and Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH's Comfort & Insulation business segment have concluded a strategic partnership for the ...
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Zinc tannates with Tara powder as anticorrosive pigments
Recently, scientists published a study of zinc tannates prepared with Tara powder (Caesalpinia spinosa) as anticorrosive pigments in alkyd paints and wash primer...
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Chemours partners with Vitex to launch new Teflon enhanced paints
The Chemours Company, has exclusively partnered with Vitex - Yannidis Brothers, the largest Greek-owned producer of architectural coatings, to develop and introduce...
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Digital manufacturing: “Pen and paper are still being used”
Industry 4.0 is great. In theory. But in reality switching to new machines can be complicated and expensive. Lazaros Patsakas from B&R Automation explains...
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Brightly-coloured bacteria could be used to ‘grow’ paints and coatings
Researchers have unlocked the genetic code behind some of the brightest and most vibrant colours in nature. The study of the genetics of structural colour - as ...
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Bodo Möller Chemie opens UK branch
With the opening of Bodo Möller Chemie UK Ltd., the German speciality chemicals company now has its own subsidiary in the UK. The headquarters of the subsidiary...
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Permeable epoxy coating for anticorrosion of concrete
In a new study scientists have developed a permeable epoxy based coating with reactive solvent for anticorrosion of concrete.
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Good start for BASF in 2018
Following a successful 2017 business year, BASF has had a good start to the year 2018. "Last year, we achieved significant growth and were able to further increase ...
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Preparation of superamphiphobic robust film
Artificial superamphiphobic surfaces have been arousing great attention in recent years for improved durability in practical applications. A new study deals with the ...
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DCC merges Gemini Dispersions Ltd into parent organization
DCC is announced that it has fully integrated its Dispersions business subsidiary, trading as Gemini Dispersions Ltd, into the parent organization, Dominion ...
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Surface gloss of fibreboard panels veneered with birch wood
Wood surfaces are typically sanded before the lacquer coatings technological processes. A new paper discusses the aesthetic properties of lacquer coatings formed on ...
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Electro-sprayed PVA coating with texture-enriched surface morphology
A recently published article reports the modified surface morphology of Poly-vinyl Alcohol (PVA) films using electro-spraying coating technique.
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Event report: Making more of titanium dioxide
There is a lack of substitutes for titanium dioxide yet but there are ways to improve its efficiency – this was tenor of the EC Titanium Dioxide Forum....
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Lanxess expands capacity for Macrolex dyes at its Leverkusen site
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess expands the capacity for Macrolex dyes at its Leverkusen site. With an investment volume of more than five million euros, ...