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Names in the News for December
The following industry professionals have recently received appointments or promotions. Sheboygan Paint Company has appointed Mary Goggans to its board of directors. Goggans will advise the company in the areas […]
New Products for December
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 publications@paint.org. Please note that […]
Natural Sunscreen Replacements
By Gloria Klees Active ingredients such as oxybenzone and octinoxate have been used as major UV protectants in sunscreens for decades. While these ingredients are key components in many sunscreens, […]
Marine Topside Paints: Balancing Beauty and Endurance
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series. Read Part One in the September-October CoatingsTech. By Cynthia A. Gosselin, Ph.D., The ChemQuest Group As discussed in Part One of […]
Improved Adhesion Of Silicone Roof Coatings To Difficult Membranes With Novel Silanes
By Letitia Luu, Evonik Corporation, USA The mounting pressure to reduce VOC emissions in industrial coating systems has led to increased demand and new developments of high-solids coatings within the […]
Influence of Different Binder Types on the Wet Scrub Resistance of Organosilicate Paints Under Different Storage Time and Temperature Conditions
By Simon Aben, Jörg Rüger, and Mark Coward, Clariant Biocides, especially isothiazolinones, can often trigger allergic reactions, which, in recent years, has driven the demand for water-based biocide-free paints for interior […]
Marine Topside Paints: Balancing Beauty and Endurance
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series. Read Part One in the September-October CoatingsTech. By Cynthia A. Gosselin, Ph.D., The ChemQuest Group As discussed in Part One of […]
Natural Sunscreen Replacements
By Gloria Klees Active ingredients such as oxybenzone and octinoxate have been used as major UV protectants in sunscreens for decades. While these ingredients are key components in many sunscreens, […]
The State of the U.S. Paint and Coatings Market
By George R. Pilcher, The ChemQuest Group, Inc. Could any of us have predicted in 2019 that, in 2023, everyone would be preoccupied with lower but still unacceptably high inflation, […]
2023 CoatingsTech Conference: Technical Highlights
By Leo Procopio, Paintology Coatings Research LLC The 2023 CoatingsTech Conference, organized by the American Coatings Association, convened June 26–28 in Cleveland. Exploring the theme “Coatings Technologies: Adaptation in a […]
Novel Versatile Oligomer for Thermally, UV-, and Ambient-Curable Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Coatings
By Tahereh (Neda) Hayeri and Vijay Mannari, Ph.D., Coating Research Institute, Eastern Michigan University Editor’s note: A portion of this article was recognized with the 2023 CoatingsTech Conference Best Paper […]
Radar and LIDAR Suitable Car Paints, From the View of a Pigment Manufacturer
By Adalbert Huber and Frank Maile, Schlenk Metallic Pigments GmbH Introduction Aluminum-based effect pigments are widely used in automotive coatings, but it has been found that such coatings frequently disturb […]
Orion Completes Carbon Black Plant in China
Special chemicals company Orion S.A. has completed its first greenfield project – a carbon black plant in in the city of Huaibei in Anhui province in eastern China. According to […]
Vink Chemicals Starts Construction on New Plant in Germany
Vink Chemicals Starts Construction on New Plant in Germany Vink Chemicals has begun construction of a new production facility in Schwerin, Germany. With the construction of the chemical plant, the […]
Peninsula Polymers Expands with Westlake Epoxy into Mexico
Peninsula Polymers, a North American specialty chemical distributor, has announced it is expanding its national distribution agreement with Houston-based manufacturer and supplier Westlake Epoxy into Mexico for 2024. “We have […]
BASF Increases Defoamer Capacity in Turkey
BASF has announced the expansion a new production line for defoamer capacity at its Dilovasi plant in Turkey. According to the company, the expansion increases the company’s onsite capacity, allowing […]
AkzoNobel and Kansai Paint Agree not to Proceed on Acquisition Deal
AkzoNobel and Kansai Paint have mutually agreed not to proceed with AkzoNobel’s intended acquisition of Kansai’s paints and coatings activities in Africa. The transaction deal was first reported in June […]
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