Wood coatings
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Wood coatings: Growth in stages
Wood continues to be a popular material. Upbeat forecasts for housing and residential construction activity and increasing levels of urbanisation are boosting...
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July/August issue of the European Coatings Journal is out
How nice is it to walk on wooden floors or look at buildings made of wood: It all feels so natural and homey. This is only one of the reasons for the ongoing ...
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From the woods: Environmentally-friendly 3D printing ink
Cellulose, along with lignin and hemicellulose, is one of the main constituents of wood. Now it can be used as an environmentally-friendly 3D printing ink usable in ...
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Stopping mosquitos and red ants with polyurethane coatings made from algae oil
Larvicides play a vital role in controlling mosquitoes in their breeding sites. A study was carried out to establish the activity of polyesteramide based polyurethane...
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Axalta Coating Systems to acquire Valspar’s North American industrial wood coatings business
Axalta will buy Valspar’s business for USD 420 million in cash. Valspar is not selling entirely voluntary.
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Assistant-film-forming performance of aqueous polyurethane dispersions
In a study, a series of novel diol chain-extender trimethylol propane monoesters were synthesised to prepare novel aqueous polyurethane dispersions.
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Borregaard receives funding for two bio-material innovation projects
Borregaard has been awarded funding of EUR1.56 million from the Research Council of Norway for two different innovation projects on the utilisation of lignin from ...
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Axalta Coating Systems appoints new distributor for powder coatings in Vietnam
Axalta Coating Systems has appointed Ocean Vietnam International Trading Co. Ltd. as its distributor for "Alesta" powder coatings products in Vietnam to support ...
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Axalta Coating Systems acquires business of Ellis Paint Company
Axalta Coating Systems has announced its acquisition of the business of Ellis Paint Company, a prominent manufacturer of industrial and automotive refinish ...
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Mechanical properties of UV-cured nanocomposite coating for wood furniture
In a study, the feasibility of improving the mechanical properties of a high solid content UV-curable acrylic coating system through the addition of cellulose ...
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Silicone emulsions as surface lubricating additives for water-borne wood coatings
The performance of silicone emulsions as lubricating additive for aqueous wood coatings is discussed in a paper.
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Looser Holding intends to sell the coatings group
Looser Holding AG with its head office in Arbon (Switzerland) has announced plans to sell the coatings segment. The intended sale marks the outcome of the strategy...
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Algae and vegetable oils give wood a whole new shine
Biological alternatives to oil-based varnish are turning wood into one of the most sustainable building materials available.
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Application and weathering performance of translucent coatings on beech wood
The aim of a study by German researchers from Georg August University of Göttingen was to improve the weathering performance and to maintain the colour stability...