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Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There is much news in diverse fields of the coatings industry, and news of interesting research from around the world. First, as usual, the news...
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Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Major news has been scarce since Thursday, but there are a few highlighted items of which you should be aware...
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Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. As most of the paint world gets faster, smarter and better, there are some facets that become "curiouser and curiouser" (with apologies to Mr. Carroll.) The Miss Universe pageant grabbed a lot of flak from many by promoting shots of contestants in body paint (most had swim suits on also...) and North Korea, a country that by most accounts can't sufficiently feed and clothe its inhabitants has developed and used stealth paint technology for at least 5 years, according to a stolen military manual. More on the latter where we continue, but first, other news...
- Marine Coatings Conference - SMM Trade Fair in Hamburg, Germany
- Korean Coatings Show - Seoul Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre ; Seoul, Korea
- Bio-Based Chemicals East Summit - Crowne Plaza Boston North Shore, Boston, Massachusetts
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The present invention provides coating compositions that include reactive diluents and have high performance, low VOC levels, and low irritation levels. One example is as follows: a coating composition includes an oil-modified polymer (e.g., an...
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A polymerization process to synthesize bimodal latexes with maximum particle diameters below 350 nm and solids content above 65 wt% has been developed. The process is based on an iterative strategy to determine the optimal particle size distribution...
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The corrosion behaviour of 16%Cr and 16%Cr–4%Al ODS ferritic steels in different heat treatment conditions has been investigated in a supercritical water environment. The exposed coupons were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM),...
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Exposures to harsh environments easily lead to degradations of polymers, paints and polymer composites. Development of micro-cracks followed by their coalescence can induce catastrophic failures of the plastics, rubbers and composites, and hence can...
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According to a just-released BCC Research study. In 2009, the second largest segment of US commercial roofing market (just behind metal roofing) is Sprayed-Polyurethane Foam (SPF) Roof Systems, expected to increase from a value of $420 million to...
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For several years we have been reporting on the events in Asia Pacific, the most dynamic region that the coatings industry has ever seen. The key meeting for the region takes place under the auspices of APIC, the Asian Paint Industry Council.
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Today is the closing issue of The Culver Cache™ business reports published on SpecialChem4Coatings.com. It is both a sad time and a joyous experience. A joyous memory was generated by writing to you each week about various business topics, getting...
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How would you characterize your company, your personnel, your business model or your approach to serving the marketplace? Are you a "leader" who perpetually innovates, a "me-too" player who copies the hard work of others or somewhat of a "hybrid"...
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How does an astute company identify and capitalize on global growth opportunities? Where are the mysterious, elusive, profitable growth centers of the world and how does an enterprise leverage the alleged profit centers to elevate their bottom-line...
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