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European Coatings Show postponed to September 2021

The European Coatings Show (ECS) has been postponed. Instead of holding ECS 2021 in March next year as planned, Vincentz Network, the organizer of ECS, and NürnbergMesse have rescheduled it for 14-16...

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Developing green binding additives: Borregaard receives funding of EUR 1.5 million

Borregaard has received a commitment of NOK 15.9 million (ca. EUR 1.5 million) in funding from the Research Council of Norway (NFR) for an innovation project that is supposed to maximise the value of raw...

The investment increases the site’s capacity in excess of 30 %. Source Synthomer.
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Synthomer: new production capacity in Germany

The Board of Directors of Synthomer inaugurated the new 36,000 tonnes expansion to its acrylic dispersions production facility in Worms, Germany.

Two BASF employees inspect a sensor on a pump in an amine production plant.
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BASF to increase capacity for Alkylethanolamines in Ludwigshafen

BASF will increase the production capacity of Alkylethanolamines (AEOA) by 20 percent at the BASF Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

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There are many new monomers that have novel structural elements

If the coatings industry wants to become more sustainable, it must reduce its dependence on oil. But that is easier said than done. We spoke to Dr Tobias Robert...

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Wacker binders based on renewable resources certified

TÜV Süd, the international technical inspectorate and certification body, has certified Wacker’s biomass balance method as meeting its international CMS 71 ...

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Waterborne UV coatings: Allnex and Bardese sign agreement

Allnex, an industrial coating resins producer, signed a strategic cooperation agreement focusing on waterborne UV coatings with Guangdong Bardese Chemical Group,...

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Strong desire to find fully transparent coatings for exterior wood

Sustainability is one important requirements while working with natural materials like wood. What this implies for wood coatings and what other trends are currently...

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Aqueous polymers: “Growth, sustainability and security of supply are paramount

Lars Wallstein, Managing Director of Synthomer Germany, sees the situation with aqueous polymers as challenging. The commodities situation is difficult for ...

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High-performance transparent moisture barrier

Topic of a recently published paper was the fabrication of a high perfornace moisture barrier material (SC nanocomposite) by using surface-modified bentonite clay ...

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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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The influence of starch-based bio-latex on paper coating

The microstructure of coating layers has important effects on final properties of paper. Eco-friendly bio-latex derived from sustainable starch has being increasingly...

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BASF expands production capacity for neopentylglycol in China

BASF and Sinopec will expand the production capacity of Neopentylglycol at the Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China. The ...

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Novel acrylic-fluorine networks for pressure sensitive adhesives

The objective of a study was to design novel acrylic-fluorine networks as the replacement of fluorinated polyacylate for pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) applications....