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Interview: “A lack of significant new additives

Suppliers are advertising new and allegedly more efficient additives all the time. But what are the people thinking who are using them in their coatings formulations? We spoke with João Machado, Technical...

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The coatings additive market

The global coating additives market size was EUR 6.99 billion in 2018 and is projected to register a CAGR of 6.14% between 2018 and 2023. Currently, the Asia Pacific region leads, in terms of coating additives...

The June issue of European Coatings Journal is out and features a full package on additives
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June issue: Additive in the focus

The June issue of European Coatings Journal is out and features a full package on additives: a market report, a product overview and expert interviews. The magazine is also available in European Coatings...

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Nouryon completes organic peroxides expansion in India

Nouryon has completed a 4 million Euro expansion at Mahad, India which will increase organic peroxides production capacity at the site by 80 percent.

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Effects of recycled tyre fibres on the fire resistance of concrete

Recycled steel and polymer fibres can influence the fire resistance of concrete. This improves the sustainability of concrete construction by replacing virgin materials with reused materials.

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Ceresana analyses the global market for plasticisers

Ceresana has analysed the the global market for plasticisers. The market research company forecasts the demand for this material to increase to about 10.5 billion tonnes worldwide until 2026.

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Interview: “New additive products are focused on more versatile products”

Even though additives only make for small amounts in the formulation, they are critical components of coatings and inks. We spoke to Petra Lenz, Technical Support Manager Paint Additives at Byk-Chemie,...

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Safic-Alcan and Evonik strengthen their partnership in coating additives

International specialty chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan announced the extension of its partnership with Evonik to new products and new territories, effective immediately.

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Functionalised zirconia compounds as antifungal additives for hygienic water-borne coatings

In a recently published work, the sol-gel method was used to obtain materials based on silica and zirconia, with the inclusion of silver (Ag).

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Additives: New spacer technology for paints and coatings

The manufacturing of coatings in most cases requires numerous dispersion additives for pigment stabilisation. This often makes the formulations highly complex...

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New video about additives for UV-curing wood coatings

In the monthly webcast European Coatings Live, Selma Öru from Byk Chemie explains how novel wetting and dispersing agents can improve properties such as the ...

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Galstaff Multiresine invests in Brazil

Galstaff Multiresine opens a new technological centre for training and demonstration in Sao Paulo.

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Five facts about the five most important additives

Additives are critical components for the successful formulation of any modern-day coating and ink. Five additive classes can be considered the leading types. ...

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Silica particles for durable water-borne wood coatings

When making the switch from solvent to water-borne wood coatings the goal is to not compromise the function and performance. According to a recent article epoxy ...