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Waterborne coatings with fungal growth resistance
How effective are antimicrobial additives in water-based coatings? This question has been pursued by South American researchers in a study.
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“Axalta will likely remain an acquisition target“
Sherwin-Williams and Valspar are selling off their North American wood coating business to Axalta. But what is the impact on the wood coating market and how ...
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New recruit underlines Flint Group’s commitment to the security inks segment
Flint Group has announced the hire of Christine Lancaster in the newly created position of Business Development Director, Security.
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Promising feedstocks for a sustainable chemical industry
Carbon dioxide and hydrogen are promising feedstocks for a sustainable chemical industry. Currently, their conversions are most advanced for chemicals with 1 ...
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Industry and members of British parliament align on future of REACH
Last month, the Environmental Audit Committee published the results of its inquiry into the future of chemicals regulation after Brexit, to which the British Coatings...
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New edition of “Fillers for Paints” launched
Now available in its third edition, the book "Fillers for Paints" has been updated with the latest market data, information about new fillers and an outlook on ...
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Radiation curing: giving films a smoother profile
A new paper investigates the film quality of electron beam curable varnish coatings on polymer web substrates. Properties were found to be affected by monomer...
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Rain Carbon gives starting signal for production plant of industrial resins
Rain Carbon Inc. has commissioned detailed engineering for a new plant for the production of important raw materials for the adhesives and coatings industry at ...
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Recycling: How sustainable is UV-curing?
Nowadays, it is hard to imagine a printing industry without the utilization of UV curing anymore. It is efficient, it is fast, it is cheap. However, the technology...
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New technique could help turn Mars or moon rocks into concrete
Researchers have developed a form of concrete that humans could produce on Mars or the moon – and that might have important benefits here on earth.
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Saudi Minister launches industry committee for the growing coating sector
Saudi Arabian Minister of Commerce and Investment, Dr Majid Al Kassabi, is set to launch the Kingdom’s first paint and coating industrial committee on May 24, 2017 ...
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Preparation of UV-curable waterborne polyurethane-acrylate emulsions
Researchers at Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, have studied the molecular structure of UV curable waterborne polyurethane ...
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Tense situation on the market for key adhesive raw materials
The German Adhesive Association IVK has published current price trends in key adhesive raw materials. There are several reasons why tonnages imported to European...
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Anti-icing potential of petal shaped nanostructures planted on array micro-patterns
The aim of a paper was to report a strategy of planting a layer of petal shaped nanostructures on the surface of array micro-patterns, and producing excellent ...