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Mosquito on a transport box.
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Developing insecticidal coatings to help preventing the spread of pests in freight transport

The Bio-Vectors project will help develop a functional coating with insecticidal and repellent properties against flies and mosquitos for cardboard containers and packaging suitable for food contact.

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DSM wants to eliminate NMP from its product portfolio

Royal DSM announced that it will phase out NMP from its resins product portfolio. In this way, DSM aims to strengthen its leadership in sustainable and innovative resins.

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Dow and Menshen bring sustainable design to spouted pouches

Innovative sealing technology to enable the manufacture of mono-material spouted pouches that are designed for recyclability and help advance plastic circularity goals.

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RoadToBio”: Roadmap for the chemical industry towards bioeconomy published

The RoadToBio consortium presents a roadmap to the (chemical) industry as well as many other stakeholders to inspire them to take relevant actions on the way towards a more bio-based future.

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Plasma polymerisation using d-limonene as a renewable precursor

A current work describes the deposition of thin films derived from d-limonene, a product extracted from waste orange peels, using plasma polymerisation technique.

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UV-curable cardanol-based acrylate oligomers with cyclotriphosphazene core

Researchers recently studied the synthesis and properties of UV-curable cardanol-based acrylate oligomers with cyclotriphosphazene core.

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Tung oil-based UV-curable active monomers and bio-based copolymers

In a new work, researchers successfully synthesised two kinds of tung-oil-derived renewable UV-curable active monomers, tung-acid-maleic tri-acrylate (TOAH) and tung-maleic tetra-acrylate (TMPG).

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Functional antimicrobial, anticorrosive and sustainable polyurethane composite coatings

A present investigation reports the preparation of polyesteramide polyol (PEA-RIC) from renewable sources like algae oil and ricinoleic acid from castor oil.

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Sartomer invests in in-house EB labs

Sartomer invests in in-house EB labs for developing advanced electron beam curing solutions.

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Resource-saving paper finishing as an alternative to UV coating

Grönenbacher Lackfabrik has developed an environmentally friendly alternative to UV coating in paper finishing.

Interview: “Sustainable solutions for all inks ingredients”. Image source: gunnarassmy-Fotolia
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Interview: “Sustainable solutions for all inks ingredients”

Compliance with regulatory laws and industry guidelines are keeping ink companies busy. Janet Preston and Anabelle Elton-Legrix of Imerys are convinced that a clear identification and qualification of...

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Biofriendly vegetable oil healing agents

A new review deals with biofriendly vegetable oil healing agents used for developing self-healing coatings.

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Cardanol derived P and Si based precursors for flame retardant PU coatings

In a recent study, novel P- and Si-based precursors were synthesised and successfully integrated in the PU backbone for flame retardant applications.

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CB Chemie focuses with Peter Greven on biobased products

CB Chemie GmbH enters into a strategic partnership with Peter Greven GmbH & Co. KG in the field of oleochemical products.