Sustainability
News Markets & Companies
Lanxess management makes sustainability its business
A new system of compensation for the Board of Management has been in place since the beginning of the year: Roughly one-third of the variable compensation is now linked to the company’s sustainability...
News Coatings Technologies
Are lignin-derived monomers and polymers truly sustainable?
A new review, aiming at scientists, industries and investors, strives to provide a critical outlook for the existing synthetic methods of lignin-derived monomers and polymers and motivates researchers...
News Production & Lab
Vegetable proteins as binders in paints and coatings
Just like cellulose, lignin and fats, proteins are renewable raw materials. Their potential for the chemical industry remains largely untapped. Research teams at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering...
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Hempel: New Global Head of Renewable Energy
David Heal joins Hempel to head up its renewable energy segment, as Hempel looks to strengthen its leadership position as part of its commitment to sustainability.
News Markets & Companies
New partnership between EU and Bio based Industries Consortium
The European Commission has agreed on the successor of the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU): the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU).
News Production & Lab
Alternative to form zero VOC waterborne coatings
A new paper discusses the characterisation of free and surface water of colloidal unimolecular polymer particles for coatings applications.
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Industrial compound gets eco-friendly reaction
Nagoya University scientists have developed a chemical reaction that produces high yields of a compound used in a wide variety of industries, without needing high temperatures or toxic catalysts. The approach...
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Hexion announces innovation challenge
Hexion in collaboration with Innoget, is offering an exclusive opportunity for individuals and teams to submit technical proposals based on new renewable resins and raw materials that can be used to formulate...
News Application Areas
Coatings for sustainable building applications
A new review gives an overview of microencapsulated thermochromic coatings for sustainable building applications.
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Characterisation of polyurethane coating on high performance concrete
Researchers report on a polyurethane coating reinforced with chemically treated Ananas erectifolius fiber.
News Coatings Technologies
“Labyrinthine structure” anticorrosive water-based composite coatings
Recentlty, a novel environmentally friendly modified graphene oxide/waterborne epoxy composite coating has been reported.
News Production & Lab
Teknos develops more sustainable coatings for paper and paperboard
Together with industrial partners, Teknos is developing coatings for paper and paperboard that decrease the use of plastic.
News Coatings Technologies
European Refucoat Project develops novel food packaging
The Refucoat Project has developed innovative, efficient, bioplastic food packaging production processes. One of project’s greatest innovations was the formulation of bacteriophage-based coatings.
News Production & Lab
Green nanocomposites from Salvia-based water-borne polyurethane-urea dispersions
Researchers have synthesised stable polyurethane-urea dispersions of small particle size. The incorporation of cellulose nanocrystals modulated soft and hard domains ordering ability.