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Names in the News for March
The following industry professionals have recently received appointments or promotions. Nippon Paint Marine has announced the appointment of Gladys Goh as president. Goh is the first female and foreign national […]
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 publications@paint.org. Please note […]
Names in the News for February
The following industry professionals have recently received appointments or promotions. IGM Resins, based in Waalwijk, Netherlands, has announced the appointment of Boudewijn Morelissen as CEO. Morelissen succeeds Wilfrid Gambade, who […]
New Products for February
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 […]
Coatings Xperience: Incorporation of Sustainability and Circular Economy Principles in Product Development
By Mike Jeffries, Covestro Background Is circular thinking new? When and why did linear thinking become more popular? To begin, let’s look at some history in mass production and consumerism to […]
Improved Performance in a Waterborne All-Acrylic Latex Produced without PFAS
Eliminating PFAS, while maintaining coating performance, requires unique binder chemistry that is both flexible and durable. By Mary C. Chervenak, Donovan Lujan, and Jeffrey Arendt Arkema Inc. Although exterior architectural coatings improve the appearance […]
Architectural Coatings as a Tool for Combating Urban Heat Islands
By Audrey McGarrell and Stacey Weister Cool Roof Rating Council Heat is the leading weather-related cause of human mortality, surpassing hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, and blizzards. The impacts of heat are intensified by the urban […]
Going … Going … Gone: Obsolescence in the Coatings World
By Cynthia A. Gosselin, Ph.D. The ChemQuest Group Over the past two or three decades, there has been a well-publicized amount of consolidation within the paint and coatings industry that has […]
BREAKING THE ICE: The Innovative World of Icephobic Coatings
By Cynthia A. Gosselin, Ph.D., The ChemQuest Group Anyone who has had the pleasure of scraping ice off a car windshield, looking nervously at beautiful but deadly ice spears hanging from […]
Janus Particles: A New Additive for Improving Waterborne Hydrophobic Coatings Through Self-Stratification
By Shan Jiang, Yifan Li, and Rebecca Mort Introduction The coatings industry has undergone significant transformations in recent years due to the replacement of organic solvent-based coatings by waterborne emulsion latex polymer coatings. […]
Advantages of Siloxane Surface Additives in Low-VOC Architectural Coatings
By Ingrid K. Meier, Kersten M. Forsthoefel, and Tony Hazim Evonik Corporation, USA In the higher pigment volume concentration (PVC) systems, the use of siloxane additives will be shown to improve stain-resistance and scuff-resistance […]
Hydrophobization of Nanocrystalline and Microfibrillated Cellulose Using Covalent Grafting of Plant Oil-Based Copolymers
Editor’s note: This article is based on the work titled “Nanocellulose Hydrophobization,” which garnered the first place Student Poster Award at the 2023 CoatingsTech Conference. CoatingsTech welcomes student submissions year-round. […]
Univar Solutions and Arxada Partner
Univar Solutions Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Univar Solutions, has announced a distribution agreement with Arxada for a full range of biocides, preservatives, and performance additives used in industrial applications. […]
Perstorp Buys Out Minority Partner at China Site
Perstorp has closed a deal to buy out its minority partner in the joint venture Shandong Perstorp Chemical Co., Ltd. (formerly Shandong Fufeng Perstorp Chemical Co., Ltd.), which owned and […]
AkzoNobel Completes Expansions
AkzoNobel has opened a €26 million manufacturing plant in Faisalabad, the company’s largest investment in Pakistan to date. The 25-acre site, which has facilities for making decorative paint, wood finishes, […]
WEG Opens New Factory in Mexico
The Brazilian company WEG has announced an investment of R$100 million in its new industrial coatings factory in Mexico. Included in the investment is the construction of a new industrial […]
Cytek Biosciences Opens New Facility
Cytek® Biosciences, Inc. has announced the opening of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Wuxi, China to increase the company’s manufacturing capacity and meet the growing worldwide demand for comprehensive cell analysis […]