Decorative coatings

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“A need to develop cost-effective and sustainable bio-based solutions for architectural coatings”

The push for low VOC, low formaldehyde and APEO-free paints and coatings currently comes more from the market than from regulations, observes Rajeev Farwaha. ...

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Architectural coatings: “An Increasing Trend Toward Bio-Based Solutions”

There remain many questions surrounding use of sustainable or bio-based solutions for the paint sector, but a trend is noticeable, say Mike Law, global business...

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New developments for wood coatings

Submit an abstract to the most important and biggest wood coatings conference in Europe.

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Titanium Dioxide: Ruling opacity out of existence?

After the French authorities have proposed to classify TiO2 as classify it as Carcinogenic Category 1B, there has been much discussion of alternatives. Akzo...

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Architectural Coatings: ”Standing out from the crowd“

The European market is not homogeneous, which is not just due to the different climates, but also because of tradition and experience, says Dr Ulrich Nauber of Dow ...

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Decorative coatings: Monitoring closely

Indoor air quality, environmental footprint and substance risk assessment are currently among the key interests of the decorative coatings sector at CEPE. We ...

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Improving the cleanability of melamine-coated particleboards

Decorative laminates based on melamine formaldehyde (MF) resin impregnated papers are used at great extent for surface finishing of engineered wood.