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Names in the News July 2025
ditor’s note: The following industry professionals have recently received promotions or appointments. To submit your company’s personnel news for possible publication in CoatingsTech, email publications@paint.org with “Names in the News” in the […]
Low-Field (LF)-NMR Liquid Relaxation
Best Paper Award, 2025 CoatingsTech Conference A Useful Technique for QC and to Determine the Equivalency of Materials for Coatings Formulations By David Fairhurst, Colloid Consultants Ltd.; R. Sharma, […]
Global Trends, Part 2: EUROPE & ASIA
By Philip Marsh and Wayne Daniell, Ph.D., The ChemQuest Group, Inc. Megatrends are wide-reaching, critical forces that shape our society and long-term economic and technological landscape, from which the paint and coatings industry […]
2025 CoatingsTech Conference Review
Coatings and Technologies For a Resilient Future: Technical Highlights from the 2025 CoatingsTech Conference By Charles Hegedus, Ph.D. The American Coatings Association’s 2025 CoatingsTech Conference took place April 28-30 at the […]
Advances in One-component PVDF-acrylic Hybrid Dispersion and Its Applications
By Wei Wang, Diane Vaessen, Brian Peterson, and Abby Miller, Arkema, Inc. For many years, aqueous hybrid dispersions of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and acrylic resins have been formulated into waterborne topcoats because of their […]
Development of Hygienic Paint for Enabling the EPA Residual Efficacy Requirement
By Chun Liu, Kathryn Neely, Leon Estell, Nicole Wise, Lehong Jin, Kevin Janak, Arxada Over the past couple years, hygienic paints and coatings have gained significant attention due to their […]
Global Trends, Part 2: EUROPE & ASIA
By Philip Marsh and Wayne Daniell, Ph.D., The ChemQuest Group, Inc. Megatrends are wide-reaching, critical forces that shape our society and long-term economic and technological landscape, from which the paint and coatings industry […]
2025 CoatingsTech Conference Review
Coatings and Technologies For a Resilient Future: Technical Highlights from the 2025 CoatingsTech Conference By Charles Hegedus, Ph.D. The American Coatings Association’s 2025 CoatingsTech Conference took place April 28-30 at the […]
A Simple, Highly Effective ASTM Curing Test
By Cynthia A. Gosselin, Ph.D., The ChemQuest Group Assuming that paint chemistry, film thickness, and application techniques are matched to the intended service environment, the degree of cure is the […]
Reinvestigating the Link Between Lab Test Results and Real-World Exposure: A Study on Grain Cracking Performance of Architectural Paints
Xin Li, Keith Task, Shawn Overcash, Jack Johnson, and Nicholas Foley BASF Corp. USA Correlating paint film integrity in the lab with wood grain crack resistance in real-world exposure is a challenging task. In 2020, […]
Detecting the Mass of Pigment Particles: Towards a Universal Size Standard
By Jörg Wieder, Franz Friebel, femtoG AG, and Kingsley Reavell, Cambustion Ltd. We present a novel approach that introduces mass as a fundamental metric for characterizing the size and structure of pigments and […]
Global Trends, Part 1: NORTH AMERICA
By Crystal Morrison, Ph.D., and Eric Casebolt, The ChemQuest Group, Inc. Understanding the trajectory of the coatings industry is essential for business leaders and strategic marketers, but it’s equally important to assess […]
Syensqo Opens Microbiology Facility in France
Syensqo has opened new microbiology, (eco-)toxicology, and biotechnology laboratories in Lyon, France—its largest microbiology facility to date. The site will serve as a reference center for biodegradation and (eco-)toxicology testing […]
DKSH Opens Specialty Chemicals Innovation Center
DKSH Performance Materials has inaugurated its newly renovated Specialty Chemicals Innovation Center in Bangkok, Thailand. The upgraded facility features advanced technologies to support customized formulation development, technical training, and application […]
OXERRA Expands Facility in Georgia
Iron oxide pigment manufacturer OXERRA broke ground on a 120,000 square-foot warehouse at its Augusta, Ga. site for a regional distribution center to support its growing customer base. “Our Augusta […]
Allredi Signs Partnership with GMA Garnet Group
Allredi, a North American distributor of surface preparation, abrasives, and safety products to industrial contractors, has entered into a partnership with GMA Garnet Group (“GMA”), providing Allredi with access to […]
Lubrizol Opens New London Office
Lubrizol opened a new office in Hammersmith, London. This new location will be home to a variety of business functions, including sales and European leadership, adding to its existing footprint […]
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