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...
Viracon, Inc., the nation's leading single-source architectural glass fabricator, announced that it will make an investment of more than $30 million at its Owatonna, MN facility. Viracon decided to install the new coating technology in Minnesota because the Owatonna facility contains Viracon's most extensive product capabilities...
DSM and Rostec will explore a potential cooperation in the field of conversion of cellulosic biomass from forestry and agriculture to fermentable sugars for the production of biofuels and/or biobased chemicals as well as the manufacturing of bio-based products such as bioethanol, biogas and organic acids from sugars derived from cellulosic biomass...
Using nature as their inspiration, the researchers successfully attached cell lytic enzymes to food-safe silica nanoparticles, and created a coating with the demonstrated ability to selectively kill listeria-a dangerous food-borne bacteria that causes an estimated 500 deaths every year in the United States...
Barrier coatings included in the report are metallized, organic liquid coatings, such as PVdC, EVOH, acrylics and PVOH, and the inorganic vapor deposition coatings, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide and carbon. This report details both methods with a focus on key drivers and trends, technological developments, end use and geographic markets...
Chromaflo Technologies will exhibit at booth #210 at the Eastern Coatings Show in Atlantic City, NJ this April 29th - May 1st 2013. During the show, Dr. Brij Mohal Vice-President for Marketing & Technology will present: "New Developments in Color Space for Architectural and Industrial Coatings".
Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has announced the completion of its latest expansion at its facility in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The company commissioned a new flaker production unit for its PUROX® B pure grade benzoic acid...
Evonik Corporation, one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals companies, recently announced an extension of its contract with Georgia-based distribution company Lintech International LLC to expand distribution of its Coatings & Adhesive Resins Business Line product, DEGALAN®, to customers on the West Coast...
Nordson ASYMTEK, a leader in dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, will demonstrate its SelectCoat® SL-940E conformal coating system with dual applicators as well as a surface mount adhesive dispensing platform at SMT Hybrid Packaging (April 16-18), Nuremberg, smartTec GmbH stand #7-219.
Asahi Kasei Chemicals will expand production capacity at its plant in China for Duranate™ hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI)-based polyisocyanate, a hardener for non-yellowing polyurethane automotive coatings and many other applications...
PPG Industries recently announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Deft Incorporated, a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, Calif. Deft's primary business is supplying structural primers and military topcoats to the North American aviation industry, and it has...
A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) just moved these enticing notions much closer to reality by designing a new kind of adaptive material. The new material was inspired by dynamic, self-restoring systems in Nature, such as the liquid film that coats your eyes...
Nano Labs Corp. recently announced that the Company has signed a Letter of Intent with SIS Consulting of Rome, Italy for the manufacturing and distribution of the Company's nano paint and coating products under licensing arrangements to be negotiated between the parties...
