SpecialChem Coatings and Inks Formulation bulletin
February 1st, 2012   Edition 337  
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Opinion Space: 2012 will definitely face an IPDI shortage. As a PU coating formulator, what is your position?
Click n Vote: "Paint and Primer in One" - what is your opinion about this claim?
Click n Vote: What is your formulation strategy to reduce odor in architectural paint?
Community Insight: Overcoming Resin Properties Polled as the Main Challenge in Developing Low VOC Coatings
News: Alvin Products to Unveil Rubber In a Can, a Rubberized Watertight Coating for Industrial Use
News: International Paint Launches Intersmooth®7465Si SPC & 6900Si Silyl Acrylate Marine Coatings
News: Garland Introduces Tuff-Flash™ Single-component Polyurethane Mastic with Superior Durability
Article: White Biotech Strategies of Large Corporations: Hopes & Challenges
R&D Highlights: Flow Modifier for Water-based Coating Material & Composition Containing the Same
R&D Highlights: Enhanced Cationic Photocuring of Epoxides with Styrene Oxide as a Reactive Diluent
R&D Highlights: Recent Progress in Corrosion Protection of Magnesium Alloys by Organic Coatings
Upcoming Event: The 2nd ICIS World Surfactants Conference
Hervé HeinrichHervé Heinrich, Vice President, Coatings & Inks
Community Pulse
Opinion Space

Feb 2012:  2012 will definitely face an IPDI shortage. As a PU coating formulator, what is your position?

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"Paint and Primer in One" - what is your opinion about this claim?

  • Only a marketing claim
  • Some offer slightly improved performance while most do not
  • Many offer good hide but do not provide true primer attributes
  • The best products combine true primer performance with acceptable top-coat properties
  • Vote and see the results

    What is your formulation strategy to reduce odor in architectural paint?

    More than 100 votes online. Add yours and see the results!

    Community Insight

    Overcoming Resin Properties Polled as the Main Challenge in Developing Low VOC Coatings

    Resin systems typically used in solvent-based coatings are incompatible with water due to the high surface tension (72 dyne/cm) of water. Therefore, replacing solvent-based coatings with low VOC water-based coatings presents a challenge to coating formulators to overcome the water incompatibility problem. To meet this challenge water-based coatings are more complex than corresponding solvent-based coatings. In order to get some insight into the major difficulties coating formulators are facing to develop low VOC coatings, SpecialChem asked its members in January: Which of the following is the biggest challenge to overcome when developing a low VOC coating?

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    R&D Highlights

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    Upcoming event

    Date: April 25 - 26, 2012
    Venue: Hyatt Regency Jersey City, USA

    Why attend: The 2nd ICIS World Surfactant Conference will help manufacturers, formulators and users of surfactants along with suppliers to the industry understand and profit from these rapid changes. By providing in-depth and current assessments of global surfactant markets, trends and feedstock economics, the conference will provide industry players with the must-have information needed to succeed in this increasingly challenging and dynamic business. Furthermore, innovative technologies which are set to have a major impact on surfactant supply will also be presented and discussed first-hand by the companies emerging in this segment of the industry.

    Register before 10th February to avail the Early bird offer!


     
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