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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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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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Bromo-cardanol-novolac resins as adhesives for particleboards

In a study, researchers have demonstrated the efficacy of bromo-cardanol-novolac resins as adhesives for particleboards. In addition, they discovered another ...

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Evonik bundles expertise in crosslinking technology

Evonik Industries AG has combined its isophorone chemistry and epoxy curing agents business in the new Crosslinkers business line.

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Autonomous regeneration of large scale damage in polymeric coatings

Researchers have developed a regenerative coating system that consists of a multilayer structure analogous to skin where the coating is formed on a vascularized...

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Lifting PUR chemistry into the next dimension

Development of new polyisocyanurate-based coatings will be presented at EC Future Dialogue.

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Synthomer selects Campi y Jové to concentrate their distributions activities in Iberia

Effective from September 1, 2017 Campi y Jové has been appointed as distributor of Synthomer’s range of redispersible polymer powders, dispersions, latex and ...

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Instant bonding of hydrogels for soft machines and electronics

Introducing methods for instant tough bonding between hydrogels and antagonistic materials – from soft to hard – allows researchers to demonstrate elastic yet ...

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Synthesis of a smart coating for furniture textiles

Smart coatings for furniture textiles should be flame retardant and hydrophobic. Can a novel functional coating, developed with an environmentally friendly ...

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Silica/methacrylate hybrids: Telomerisation versus RAFT polymerisation

For the synthesis of a polymer, researchers compared reversible addition fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) with telomerisation (TL), to investigate whether ...

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IMCD expands presence in the United States

IMCD N.V., a leading distributor of speciality chemicals headquartered in the Netherlands, has signed an agreement to acquire the speciality chemicals distribution...

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Photocrosslinked PVDF-based star polymer coatings

Based on their findings, researchers recommend photocrosslinked PVDF-based star polymer coatings as all-in-one alternative to PVDF/PMMA blends for outdoor applications....

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USMB acquires Printing Ink Resin business of Resinall Europe

Umicore Specialty Materials Brugge NV (USMB) has entered into an agreement with Resinall Europe BVBA to acquire its Printing Ink Resin business.

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DIC commences commissioned production of polystyrene in Thailand

DIC has began consigned production of polystyrene used in food packaging, in collaboration with Thai Styrenics Company Limited, a subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical ...