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Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There is much news since our last letter, so let's get right to it...
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Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. In our ephemera file, it seems that our images of the Parthenon as a stark, white structure will have to change.
Researchers have found the first evidence of colored paints covering its elaborate pediment sculpture. Giovanni Verri, a researcher at the British Museum in London,
developed an imaging technique that is ultra-sensitive to traces of an ancient pigment called Egyptian blue. He reported on his use of photo-induced luminescence imaging at the recent SPIE Europe Optical Metrology symposium held in Munich. In more current news...
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Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Earth-shattering news is in short supply, but there are still a few things to keep on your radar screen since Tuesday...
- Latin American Coatings Show 2009 - Conference at World Trade Center, Mexico City, Mexico
- Labelexpo Europe 2009 - Brussels Expo, Belgium's largest exhibition center
- eurocoat 2009 - Barcelona, Spain
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Field tests reveal that while coatings with flat topographies foul after relatively short time periods (4−15 weeks), the hierarchically wrinkled surface topographies (HWST) coatings with the same chemistries as flat coatings remain relatively free of...
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Novel organic–inorganic hybrid films were synthesised through the reaction of epoxidised castor oil (ECO) with γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). The amounts of GPTMS employed were sufficient to react with 25, 50...
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This patent describes a system and method to improve the color acceptance of color viscosity stabilized latex paints. The system includes a base paint, 0.05 wt % to 5 wt % of a color viscosity stabilizing compound; a colorant compound, and; a...
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Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered. Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from QUT's School of Physical and Chemical...
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Founded in 1986, Incorez Ltd has rapidly gained prominence as a specialist manufacturer of oxazolidines, waterborne epoxy curing agents and waterborne polyurethane dispersions. These high performance materials are sold globally to producers of...
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Energy prices have skyrocketed over the last several years, and the “green” movement is clearly in full swing. Energy is a precious global commodity, which some areas of the world are taking dramatic steps to conserve. In fact, several regulations...
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What is the secret formula for success? How do you personally define success? What are the elusive variables that participate in and contribute to the "success formula"? What constitutes achieving success in your life and business?...
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Are you struggling with understanding your customer landscape? Who values what and why? What are your customers really attempting to do with their business models? Have you systematically catalogued your customer's value propositions and value...
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Are you planning on playing on a global landscape? Do you desire to grow your business from a local or regional scope into a global giant? How will you accomplish the transition from a local or regional player into a global entity?
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