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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 […]
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The following industry professionals have recently received appointments or promotions. Excelitas Technologies® Corp. has announced the appointment of Ron Keating as its new CEO and Ben Stas as chief financial […]
New Products for November
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 […]
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 […]
NACD Announces New Name: Alliance for Chemical Distribution
The National Association for Chemical Distributors (NACD) has updated its name to Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD). According to the association, its new name, logo and tagline, “Empowered Performance. Unrivaled […]
IMCD India to Acquire Two Business Lines
IMCD has announced that IMCD India has signed an agreement to acquire two business lines from CJ Shah & Company, a family-run chemical business based in Mumbai. The lines include […]
Covestro Expands its Portfolio
Covestro has expanded the reach of its product portfolio with the ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) PLUS certification of its production site in Baytown, Texas. Covestro says it is […]
Brenntag Specialties Signs Distribution Agreement with Elementis
Brenntag Specialties expanded its distribution agreement with Elementis in Ecuador and Mexico. The product lines are used in applications for industrial and architectural coatings, sealants, adhesives, inks and construction products. […]
AkzoNobel Invests in Coatings Technology in Spain
AkzoNobel’s Packaging Coatings business has launched the first of two products in its new AccelstyleTM range of coatings technology while the company constructs a new production plant in Spain. AkzoNobel […]
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