French chemist and microbiologist, Louis Pasteur stated, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” As the Plenary Speaker of the 44th International Waterborne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium recently held in New ... Read More…
Investment in infrastructure is a hot topic these days in the United States. During his presidential campaign, candidate Trump promised to deliver a proposal for a massive infrastructure bill during ... Read More…
Proper film formation is a critical factor in high performance coatings as it ensures optimally low porosity, improves corrosion resistance, and impacts many film surface features. Through the decades, waterborne ... Read More…
Where radiation-cured coatings are employed, ultraviolet (UV)-curable systems predominate, and current development efforts are largely focused on improving waterborne systems and reducing the impacts of monomers (via migration) and photo-initiators ... Read More…
Maximizing the gloss retention and dirt-pickup resistance (DPUR) is a key requirement for many exterior architectural coatings and is a target that many commercial paints struggle to meet. In this ... Read More…