Water-borne coatings
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New developments for wood coatings
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Waterborne polyurethane acrylate coatings with low gloss effect
Researchers have employed a simple method to produce low gloss waterborne polyurethane acrylate coatings that work without dulling agents.
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BASF opens first automotive coatings production plant in Thailand
BASF’s Coatings division has inaugurated a new automotive coatings plant at its Bangpoo manufacturing site, Samutprakarn province, Thailand.
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Understanding the influence of wood substrates on the permeability of coatings
The shift towards waterborne coatings makes coatings more sensitive to water. As a consequence, the durability of both wood and coatings can be negatively affected....
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Akzo Nobel expands colloidal silica capacity in Sweden
AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business is investing more than EUR4 million to increase production capacity for its line of surface modified colloidal silica in...
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Water-borne coatings: Fountain of growth
Around the world, demand for water-borne coating systems continues to grow. Much of it comes from legal requirements, of course – but not all. There are growing...
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Water-borne coatings in the focus of the November issue
Switching over to water-based formulations has proved to be no easy task and has now been preoccupying us for decades. Water-borne coatings are also in the focus of ...
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Siegwerk opens new production facility designated for inkjet inks
Siegwerk has just expanded its Technical Center in Annemasse (France) with a new production facility for inkjet inks.
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New global paint and coatings study launched
Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney has published its third global paint & coatings study. According to the firm, global consumption of coatings was 90.4 billion ...
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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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BASF builds waterborne production plant for automotive coatings in Mexico
BASF has placed a cornerstone for its new waterborne production plant at the company’s manufacturing site in Tultitlan, Mexico. The new plant will provide ...
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Akzo Nobel studies plans to build cellulosic ethers plant
Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business is studying plans to build a plant for its "Bermocoll" business, which supplies essential ingredients for the paint and...
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Water-based acrylic coatings reinforced by PISA-derived fibers
Polymerisation-induced self-assembly (PISA) is an efficient approach to synthesise self-assembled core-shell nanofibers in water, made of amphiphilic block...
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Krahn Chemie takes over distribution for FP-Pigments in Germany
Krahn Chemie GmbH and the Finnish company FP-Pigments Oy started to cooperate in the sales and marketing of opacity pigments for paint, coating and printing ink ...