Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There are more financial results in this issue, again, all good. It makes a body wonder when payrolls will begin to swell once again...
Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The BIGS are beginning to post financials, and while results are all positive, nobody seems overly confident that they will continue...
Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. With your indulgence, I'd like to highlight a request for proposal that we received recently in our introduction...
During the past decade, the necessity of new ecofriendly antifouling pigments was established. Among these new pigments, special attention should be paid to tannin and its derivatives. Tannins are synthesized by plants as part of their defense...
In this study, latex films were dried on a flexible substrate, and the substrate deflection was monitored over time to give an averaged film stress-evolution profile. Films were dried at various temperatures below and above the minimum film-formation...
The recently developed silyl radical chemistry is used here for the free-radical-promoted cationic polymerization process (FRPCP) of two epoxy monomers (epoxidized soybean oil and limonene dioxide) that are representative of green monomers. The new...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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"...
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...
