Improving dirt pickup resistance especially in water-borne coatings is critical to future coating innovations. An article by Iranian researchers focuses on...
According to a new study the BMW Group saves 12,000 tons of CO2 annually during automotive production at its Munich plant by eliminating one step from the paint...
World demand for emulsion polymers in paint and coatings (excluding paper coatings) is forecast to expand a healthy 5.4 percent per year to 5.0 million metric...
Coating consumption in 2015 was 5.8 billion liters containing 3.8 million tons of solids with a sales value of USD 26.6 billion. Growth is placed at a mature ...
Belgian researchers performed bio-based water-borne polyurethanes (WPU) from two commercially available partially or fully dimerised fatty acid polyols of similar...
A new polymer on the basis of a trick used by mussels has been developed by the Wageningen PhD student Juan Yang. The polymer should be able to let water-based ...
The use of casein as renewable resource to produce eco-friendly hybrid latexes has an increasing importance in industrial applications especially for high performance...
You can’t do without them when it comes to formulating coatings. They're great for selectively controlling properties. But you must fastidiously ensure that they...
In an article, Indian researchers highlight some state-of-the art-modifications of vegetable oils (VEGO) as environment friendly-low or no solvent, high solids, ...
