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British Coatings Federation wins “Trade Association of the Year 2017

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) beat over 300 other trade associations in the UK to be crowned "Trade Association of the Year 2017", the ultimate accolade ...

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New kind of coating could revolutionise hypersonic aerospace vehicles

Travelling from London to New York in just two hours? Researchers have developed a new kind of ceramic coating that could come closer to the vision of hypersonic...

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Replacing titanium dioxide in printing inks

Titanium-dioxide is an expensive raw material, especially at the moment. A recent technical paper shows how TiO2 can be partially replaced in flexo inks and...

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Pilot Chemical Company acquires ATRP Solutions

Pilot Chemical Company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, has purchased ATRP Solutions, Inc. located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The purchase expands Pilot's ...

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Facts in Five: The German market

In Europe, Germany is the largest market of paints and coatings. How is the situation on the market currently? European Coatings has gathered five facts.

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Could concrete help solve the problem of air pollution?

Researchers have discovered that sulfur dioxide, a major contributor to air pollution, is removed from the air by concrete surfaces. Their findings could be a ...

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July/August issue of the European Coatings Journal is out

How nice is it to walk on wooden floors or look at buildings made of wood: It all feels so natural and homey. This is only one of the reasons for the ongoing ...

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Arkema increases photocure resin production capacity in China

Arkema has announced a project to expand by over 30% production capacity at Sartomer’s Nansha facility in China.

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Novel flame retardant epoxy curing agents from renewable resources

Researchers have prepared two novel bio-based phosphorus-containing epoxy curing agents derived from myrcene and castor oil and investigated the comprehensive...

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Sika appoints new Regional Manager EMEA

Ivo Schädler will assume responsibility for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and will join Sika's Group Management. He succeeds Paul Schuler, who...

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Autogenous shrinkage of high performance concrete

Autogenous shrinkage is a major concern in early age cracking of high performance concrete. Low water-to-binder ratio and incorporation of supplementary cementitious...

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Cabot Corporation celebrates 25 years of fumed silica facility

Cabot’s fumed metal oxides manufacturing facility in Barry, Wales, United Kingdom has celebrated its 25th anniversary.

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Investor wants to stop merger of Huntsman and Clariant

This was probably not the plan: The friendly merger of Swiss Clariant and US-based Huntsman was set out to be a smooth ride. But now a hedge fund has intervened to ...