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The Promise of Click Chemistry
Chemistry is once again taking a front seat in the quest to find ways to manufacture new, green, people-friendly, sustainable, multifunctional complex molecules for an array of practical implementations.

Sustainable and High Performance: New Biobased Acrylic Dispersion to Prevent Knot Staining for Wood Coatings
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Improving the Odds of Success: Using a Benign-by-Design Approach to Product Development
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Unique Catalyst for Low Temperature Cure Epoxy Powder Coatings
Powder coatings continue to be an attractive technology, primarily due to reduced volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions, ability to recycle overspray, and the exceptional film mechanical properties that can be ...

Cure-on-Demand, Ultra-High-Solid Nonskid Coatings Through Frontal Polymerization
Current two-component coatings require exact mixing ratios for application and performance, have varying cure times, and release volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Cure-on-demand technology can be used to combat these challenges.

The Waterborne Symposium: Reflections of a Lifelong Learner
As the Waterborne Symposium celebrates its 50th year presenting the latest in coatings technology, I was asked by the CoatingsTech editor to reflect on how the conference has influenced our ...

Waterborne Symposium Marks 50 Years of Adaptation and Innovation
The hundreds of industry professionals who plan to attend the 50th Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium, known as the Waterborne Symposium, will help celebrate its milestone anniversary ...

BASF Begins Production Complex Construction at Verbund Site
BASF broke ground on a new acrylic acid production complex at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China.

Toyo Ink Group Acquires Thai Eurocoat
Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd. announced that it and its consolidated subsidiary Toyo Ink (Thailand) Co., Ltd. concluded a share purchase agreement to wholly acquire Thai Eurocoat Ltd.

BASF Shanghai Coatings Opens New Tech Center
BASF Shanghai Coatings (BSC) announced the opening of its new e-coat application technology center at the BSC Minhang site.

Evonik Invests in Interface Polymers
Evonik has invested in the British company Interface Polymers Ltd., the producer of Polarfin® additives for use in the processing and recycling of plastics.

European Coatings Show: Product Spotlight
Editor’s note: This column is the third in a series of roundups of product releases to be highlighted at the 2023 European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany. To submit ...

European Coatings Show: Product Spotlight
Editor’s note: This column is the second in a series of roundups of product releases to be highlighted at the 2023 European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany. To submit ...

New Products for March
Editor’s note: This column is a roundup of recent product releases from throughout the coatings and allied industries. To submit a product release for consideration, email aelliot@paint.org. Please note that ...

Waterborne Symposium Celebrates 50th Year
As New Orleans prepared to conclude the 2023 Mardi Gras season, nearly 300 coatings industry formulators, scientists, chemists, and technical managers came together February 12–17 in Louisiana’s Crescent City for ...