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The first member of the new CRYLCOAT® Primavera polyester resin family, CRYLCOAT® E04048, is a 60:40 hybrid resin designed for general metal indoor applications.

Rhino Linings Corporation now offers a family of proven flooring, coating and linings, and stain solutions for the customer's home.

HIPS has the potential to form thin fireproof coatings on timbers such as weatherboards, and on metals such as structural or galvanised steel.

PPG Industries' commercial coatings has introduced Corashield coating, an environmentally-responsible coating formulated to provide resistance to chipping, cracking and marring of painted or unpainted surfaces from high-impact sand, gravel or other abrasive material.

Sand cores are used in foundry operations to manufacture highly intricate components including engine blocks from molten metals.

The acrylic polymer and water component in waterborne paints makes them easier to manufacture and easier to clean. The achievement of performance levels for waterborne maintenance coatings depends on a thorough understanding of the formulating variables.

Mumbai-based Mercator Lines Limited continues to see the benefits of using International Paint's fluoropolymer foul release coating, Intersleek 900, on two of their Aframax vessels, the 'Prem Pride' and 'Prem Divya'.

Nippolac Pearl Paint is a ready-to-use, water-based, satin, acrylic, designer decorative interior paint.

Master Bond Inc. of Hackensack, NJ is proud to announce an incredible breakthrough in polymer technology. Master Bond UV22 is a nanosilica reinforced, UV curable epoxy system that offers a combination of properties not available in conventional epoxy systems.

The new Graco® XM plural-component sprayer provides precise ratio control, allows users to download historical spraying data and handles a wide range of two-part materials.

Two Creative Materials' products, 113-09, Electrically Conductive Ink, and 117-23, Medical Grade Electrically Conductive Ink, are used in a range of medical electrode applications, including ECG and TENS electrode applications, transdermal drug delivery, defibrillation, and monitoring systems.

Building on its experience in polyurethane coatings chemistry, Bayer MaterialScience LLC recently developed a new family of hydrophilic coatings.

Hempasil X3, a new fouling release coating from Hempel, has won the prestigious Seatrade Award for its contribution to Protection of the Marine and Atmospheric Environment within the shipping industry.

G-1, a solvent-based topcoat that has very low amounts of hazardous air pollutants (HAP), is being introduced by Valspar at the National Exposition of Contract Furnishings.

PPG Industries' aerospace transparencies business is developing coating technology for aircraft cockpit and passenger-cabin windows that reduces solar heat transmittance for more crew and passenger comfort and reduced load on the air-conditioning system for lower operating costs.

After fully blasting the underwater hull and applying Intersleek 900, Inco Ships found that the average speed of the 'Ikuna' had increased by 1 knot.

Dow Corning Corporation, an innovative leader in the development of fluorosilicone technology for coatings and other industries, introduced its new high-performing UV-cure hybrid hard coat technology at the 12th annual Coatings for Plastics.

Chu was referring to "Cool Roof" technology - energy-saving technology to reflect the sun from a roof while preventing energy dollars from leaking out. It's technology that's already commercially available and viable for widespread use.

New stylings inspired by Ciba® XYMARA™ Fireball™ open up novel color and effect opportunities for inks, paints and coatings.

DSM Biomedical, a global company serving the medtech and biotech industries and part of Royal DSM N.V., announced that it has extended its lubricious ComfortCoat™ technology platform with the design of a hemocompatible antimicrobial coating to thwart intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections.

CPFilms® Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Solutia Inc., and the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of precision coated films for industrial, commercial and solar applications, announced the launch of their new Invisible ITO and Low Color b ITO polyester films for touch screen display applications.

The latest addition to Cognis rheology series is DSX 3291, a highly efficient innovative associative thickener for "green" water-based architectural coatings.

LORD Autoseal 3500 has excellent functional abrasion resistance, is chemically resistant, and has a low sheen and smooth appearance. This coating also offers a low coefficient of friction.

The Lotus experts will be coming all the way from Germany's Black Forest region to demonstrate how wet chemistry can increase PV production yields, accelerate processes, and improve efficiency – whether for crystalline solar cells or thin-film technology.

Kolorgen has successfully completed applications to increase energy savings and reduce costs at many facilities, including Henateks, Erenko, Aloha, Deba and Coats textile, among others.

Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group Plc, the advanced materials company, announced that it has developed a 1nm thick, environmentally friendly Onto® coating that acts to protect silver against tarnishing.

Based on VICTREX PEEK polymer, VICOTE coating has been proven with a lifetime up to 1.5 months (about 5, 000 cycles) and has lifespan up to 30 times long than PTFE.

Graco is pleased to announce the launch of the new small ram bulk supply systems designed to dispense and transfer sealants and adhesives from 20, 30 and 60-liter containers.

Corrugated boxes have long been coated with wax to help them withstand the rigors of getting perishable foods such as meat to market.

Formulations based on this product can be cured at 160°C for 10 minutes and 150°C for 15 minutes (cure schedules based on object temperature).

Performance and classic car owners wishing to use plasma sprayed thermal barriers but previously dissuaded by cost now have an option from Zircotec.

Polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) offer coatings formulators an alternative approach to producing polyurethane coatings that are low in VOCs.

Master Bond EP21TCHT-1 is durable and possesses high physical strength properties. Adhesion to metals, ceramics, woods, vulcanized rubbers and most plastics is excellent.

The Aquavex® AD range of aluminium pigment granules for water-based metallic inks has been developed to provide market leading adhesion and rub resistance on paper,film and board.

The Beypur 160 system is a water-based structural spray containing minimal VOCs, the lowest levels of any track surface available on the market today.

The coating is used to repair bare areas of metal surfaces to prevent corrosion. The ready-to-use pen applicator provides an easy and safe application method by delivering the coating directly onto the surface.

Co-developed by AkzoNobel's Car Refinishes businesses, the UV LED spray gun - being introduced to the European market this month - ensures a nearly instant cure of the company's Sikkens Autoclear UV clearcoat.

BASF is introducing Joncryl® 1610, a styrene-acrylic, non-film forming emulsion that exhibits high gloss and excellent clarity in overprint varnishes and can be used in many paper and paperboard applications.

MacDermid Autotype, the world's leading manufacturer of specialised films and chemicals for screen print and industrial graphics, has launched an innovative new hardcoated polyester film for producing stainless steel effects for membrane keyboards, keypads and fascia panels.

The unit produces BPA, or bisphenol-A, which is used as a raw material in producing epoxy resins, certain plastics and other products.

At this year's FESPA Digital Europe event, Sun Chemical, the world's leading manufacturer of printing inks and pigments, will be launching two new inks – ESL (EcoSol Light) and Ultima, for the wide and super wide format digital printing market.

Cytec Industries Inc. will present a paper entitled "Water-borne, Energy Curable Polyurethane Dispersions: Sprayable, High Performance Resins for Wood and Plastic" at the Sink or Swim Show.

Cytec Industries Inc. announces their launch of the new EBECRYL 1290 N aliphatic urethane acrylate which offers improved abrasion resistance to enhance surface toughness, low viscosity for improved sprayability and light colour for appealing aesthetics.

With the growing number of cars receiving the CARIZZMA treatment, R-M has launched a new, super high quality clearcoat specifically designed to provide the highest level of UV protection.