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Hoover Color and Ecoat announces project for more environmentalism
Hoover Color, a division of Cathay Industries, and Ecoat, French developer of bio-based chemistry for the coatings industry, have started a collaborative project ...
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Enhancing the corrosion resistance of epoxy coatings
The main goal of a research project was to enhance the corrosion inhibiting performance of graphene oxide (GO) nanofillers in epoxy coatings via modifying the surface...
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Bodo Möller Chemie extends Eastern Europe business
The collaboration between Bodo Möller Chemie and Huntsman Advanced Materials continues to grow.
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Barrier improvement for packaging coatings
Development work carried out at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising has shown that the barrier effect of protein ...
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When the ravages of time gnaw on reinforced concrete
Will the reinforced concrete bridge still be standing for years to come, or has corrosion already set in? Scientists have discovered that previous concrete ...
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Ferro acquires Dip Tech
Ferro Corporation has acquired Dip Tech Ltd., a leading provider of digital printing solutions for glass coatings headquartered in Kfar Saba, Israel.
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Long-term release of block copolymers from fouling-release coatings
Researchers have developed a method to quantify the concentration of block copolymers based on polydimethylsiloxane from fouling-release coatings. About 300...
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The future is green – for the coatings industry, too!
Germany in summer 2017. The nation of carmakers is shocked. A court in the south of the country has ruled in favour of a diesel driving ban. From 2018 many ...
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Tikkurila publishes half year financial report
Tikkurila has published its half year financial report for January to June 2017. While revenues were stable, sales volumes were lower than anticipated. To boost ...
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Resistance of alkali-activated binders against organic acid attacks
How resistant are mortars and concretes based on alkali-activated binders against organic acids? This was investigated by German researchers at the Institute ...
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Evonik on target after the first half of 2017
Evonik grew sales to EUR7.3 billion in the first six months of 2017. Three factors have contributed to this rise of 15 percent compared with the first half of ...
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Copolymers with hyperbranched architecture
To investigate the potential as binder for adhesive and coatings applications, researchers have characterised acrylic copolymers from methyl methacrylate and butyl ...
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How to improve wood coatings?
Wood is a beautiful material. However, it is also a natural product, and this means that there are occasional drawbacks. We spoke with two experts about how...