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Thermal yellowing and photobleaching of automotive topcoats
Thermal yellowing and photobleaching are common problems that are seen to some extent in all automotive topcoat systems today. These effects can cause difficulties...
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Renewable raw materials: “The economy of scale should take care of the price-issue
The use of renewable materials in binders for the coatings industry will continue to grow, says Dr Toine Biemans. We spoke with the head of R&D of Worlée-Chemie...
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BASF finalizes divestiture of Austrian production site
BASF finalizes the sale of its Pischelsdorf paper dispersions production site in Austria to Synthomer Austria GmbH.
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Novel process for robust layers on flexible materials
The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP, a provider of research and development services for all coating technologies,...
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Covestro presents new film technologies
Covestro presents new developments of film technologies for car interiors at the "Folien+Fahrzeug" conference in Hannover. According to the company, the car cockpit ...
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Fraunhofer IFAM develops binder for lignin-based paints
Instead of happening as a result of one big discovery, independence from fossil resources will most likely take place gradually. Researchers at the Fraunhofer ...
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Solvay appoints Daniela Manique as head of Coatis
Solvay has appointed Daniela Manique as president of the group’s Coatis global business unit (GBU). She has 14 years of leadership experience within Solvay, most ...
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Fraunhofer LBF develops bio flame retardant
Germany's Fraunhofer LBF develops lignin-based flame retardant from paper manufacturing waste.
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Krahn Chemie acquires distribution business of Memolex SAS
The Krahn Chemie Group has acquired the distribution business of French Memolex SAS and has established Krahn France SAS.
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Reinforcement effects on PDMS marine coatings
A new study discusses reinforcement effects of multiwall carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide on PDMS marine coatings.
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Akzo Nobel and Mullen Lowe Group expand collaboration
Akzo Nobel announced the appointment of Mullen Lowe Group as the new creative agency partner for its Paints global marketing organization, which is based in ...
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Self-stratifying coatings: a review
A recently published paper discusses various aspects of self-stratifying coatings, such as surface tension, solubility theory and the effect of pigment location. ...
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BASF increases prices for pigments, dyes and preparations worldwide
Coatings, plastics, printing, cosmetics and agriculture markets have to expect higher costs. BASF increases its prices for pigments, dyes and preparations by up to 15...
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Effect of the adhesion of Ag coatings on antibacterial properties
A new study shows that the adhesion force between metal-based antibacterial coatings and polymer substrate decides the effectiveness and durability of antibacterial...