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Eugénie Charrière is global marketing and strategy director at Vencorex
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Interview: “Plastic coatings have evolved significantly”

Eugénie Charrière, global marketing and strategy director at Vencorex, highlights new developments, trends and challenges in plastic coatings. Interview by Kirsten Wrede

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The latest developments in glass coatings

The International Conference on Coatings on Glass and Plastics (ICCG) is one of the leading global conferences on science and technology of coatings for a large-area or high-volume products. After a four-year...

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Towards polyelectrolyte complex films by means of plasticisation

Researchers have successfully applied polyelectrolyte complex coatings in one step. To form a homogenous solution, the properties of the plasticisers and the polyelectrolytes should match.

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Abrafati Show set for June 2022

A new date has been set for the 17th edition of the Abrafati Show combining the International Coatings Congress and the International Exhibition of Coatings Industry Suppliers.

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New lecture on UV dual cure coatings online

UV curing offers many advantages for plastic coatings that can be used in automotive interiors. A new video lecture in our digital library 360° describes the ...

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Covestro presents new film technologies

Covestro presents new developments of film technologies for car interiors at the "Folien+Fahrzeug" conference in Hannover. According to the company, the car cockpit ...

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Fraunhofer LBF develops bio flame retardant

Germany's Fraunhofer LBF develops lignin-based flame retardant from paper manufacturing waste.

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Modified acrylic resin as binder for waterborne printing inks on plastic films

Polymers have low-energy surfaces and are difficult to be adhered by waterborne inks due to their higher surface tension. An approach to prepare acrylic resin ...

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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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Microwave curing of silicone resin coatings

Microwave  processing was used to cure a sol-gel type silicone resin coating that normally requires thermal curing over 250 °C. The study focused on coatings...

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Self-stratifying epoxy/silicone coatings for plastics

In a French research work, an innovative self-stratifying coating, based on an epoxy/silicone blend, has been developed and applied on a plastic substrate....

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Nanotechnology to improve surface properties of materials

Five technology centres have developed new coatings for plastics, wood, metal, ceramics and glass, which allow giving new properties to these traditional materials. ...

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New class of polymers can be endlessly reshaped and recycled

Car scratches, a crack in a crash helmet or a broken toy. None of this is a problem anymore thanks to a ground-breaking invention: Just heat it up and the damage...

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New report profiles Asia-Pacific paints market 2013 and forecasts for 2018

Market research firm IRL has launched a new edition of its regional title "A Profile of the Asia- Pacific Paint Industry".