Solvay announces recently that it will build a specialty surfactant plant at an industrial park in Genthin, Germany, near Berlin. The unit will develop and produce surfactant solutions for Solvay's home & personal care and industrial customers serving Central and Eastern Europe...
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that the topsides of the USS Freedom, lead ship of the U.S Navy's littoral combat ships (LCS), have been repainted using AMERCOAT® 240 edge-retention epoxy and PSX® 700SG epoxy-polysiloxane coatings by PPG's protective and marine coatings (PMC) business...
Nissin Chemical of Japan and Shin-Etsu MicroSi of Phoenix have teamed up to provide the U. S. market with solution vinyl resins, a key component in the manufacturing of paints, coatings, inks, adhesives and films. Nissin Chemical will manufacture the resins in Japan and Shin-Etsu MicroSi will fulfill sales, distribution and applications support in the U.S...
Silicon, the material of high-tech devices from computer chips to solar cells, requires a surface coating before use in these applications. The coating "passivates" the material, tying up loose atomic bonds to prevent oxidation that would ruin its electrical properties. the MIT team has tested silicon chips with the new polymer coating...
The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Compared to the same period in 2012, consolidated net sales increased $30.8 million, or 1.4%, to $2.17 billion in the quarter due primarily to higher paint sales volume in Paint Stores Group...
Wacker Chemie AG officially ramped up its new production plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province, China). With the additional 60,000 metric tons from the second reactor line, the local VAE dispersion capacity is doubling to total 120,000 metric tons per year.
Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) recently reported a 7 percent revenue decrease in the first quarter compared with the same period last year. This was due to weak demand in European markets and divestments. Operating income for Q1 was 8 percent lower at €217 million.
Castolin Eutectic has announced its acquisition of privately-held Monitor Coatings Group, a technology leader for surface engineering in extreme environments with facilities in the UK, Singapore and China. Serving customers in the oil and gas, steel, power and aerospace industries, Monitor Coatings has earned...
Cobalt Technologies, one of the leading developers of next generation bio-based chemicals, announced the successful completion of a production campaign of n-butanol at a fermentation scale greater than 100,000 liters...
Picosun Oy, leading Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment manufacturer, and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has reported notable progress in continuous ALD technology. ALD is well suited technique for depositing thin inorganic coatings onto temperature-sensitive and/or flexible materials such as plastic films, metal foils and/or biomaterial sheets.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP will present from 22 - 24 April 2013 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, new and highly efficient processes for coating of large areas, such as arcPECVD (hollow cathode arc PECVD), plasma-activated high-rate evaporation using a dual...
The new plant, located in Tianjin, China, expands MSC's regional capacity to produce amine curing agents for the world's fastest growing market, and supports the global demand for high performance epoxy systems. This new capacity is part of an on-going expansion of MSC's global manufacturing footprint to better serve its customers...
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of carbon nanotubes and ceramic that has unprecedented ability to resist damage while absorbing laser light...
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings has reported qualification to Aerospace Material Specification AMS 3095A of a Direct to Metal (DTM), Base Coat/Clear Coat system. A Direct to Metal system eliminates the need to use any kind of metal pre-treatment such as Alodine, Solgel or Wash primer technologies. The primer is applied directly to the clean
Scotch-Brited substrate...
Consistent with Jotun's environmental initiative (Jotun GreenSteps) the company has announced plans to phase out lead chromates, a toxic chemical compound from all paint and coatings formulations worldwide. Jotun is scheduled to phase out lead chromates in 2014, by that Jotun will not only apply with new EU REACH regulations...
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. ("MSC" or the "Company"), the leading supplier of Versatic™ acid derivatives for automotive coatings, has developed a novel way to produce resins for two-component (2K) polyurethane waterborne topcoats in a one-step process using its own Cardura brand of glycidyl ester...
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, "UV Light Stabilizer Market - North America Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018" the North America UV light stabilizers market for wood coatings is mainly driven by increasing demand for wood coating for UV protection...
The Plant Based Summit will take place on 19 - 21 November 2013 in Paris. Industrial and consumer products will look at the latest innovations and developments in applications of biobased components for formulations, either industrial formulation: lubricants, adhesives, plasticizers, paints, coatings, inks and solvents etc...
PPG Industries, the world's leading manufacturer of transportation coatings, was named a 2013 Automotive News PACE Award winner for ANDARO® tint dispersions. This marks the ninth time PPG has received the award, which honors automotive suppliers' innovations in products, manufacturing processes and information technology.
Solvay recently announced that it will build a large-scale alkoxylation facility in Singapore connected to Shell's new High Purity Ethylene Oxide (HPEO) unit located in the world-class, integrated petrochemical hub of Jurong Island. It will produce specialty alkoxylate surfactants which deliver targeted cleansing, dispersing, defoaming and emulsifying performance...
