Axalta Huajia Coatings, a joint-venture of leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, Axalta Coating Systems and Huangshan Yongjia Group Co. Ltd., has developed a new warranty program for its Alesta architectural powder coatings ...
Covestro, a global polymer materials supplier, has a new identity. From September 1, 2015, Bayer MaterialScience is operating under the Covestro name. The company is now legally and economically independent, but will remain a 100 percent ...
Tags: Adhesive, polymer materials
How to provide the same strength yet be ultra-low weight – the new inner tube for mountain bikes from Schwalbe takes on this challenge. The company, the market leader in Europe for bicycle tires and inner tubes, has worked with BASF ...
Tags: BASF, polyurethane
AkzoNobel plans to invest more than €1.3 million to build a pilot plant for coating resins at its Performance Coatings site located in Felling, UK. The state-of-the-art facility - which will create three new jobs and safeguard a ...
Tags: AkzoNobe, Performance Coatings
Whitford Corporation, a leading manufacturer of fluoropolymer coatings for industrial and consumer industries, has formed a new Medical Coatings Group dedicated to the supply of fluoropolymer coatings for use on medical devices. The ...
Anton Paar's new Powder Cell has been designed to turn every rheometer from the renowned MCR series into a powder rheometer and in this way brings the full array of traditional rheological methods to the field of powder. Now it is possible ...
Tags: Powder Rheology, Rheometers
Sherwin-Williams introduces its latest innovation: ColorSnap, the company's most comprehensive, integrated color selection system ever offered. Designed to help consumers and professionals make confident and efficient paint color ...
The Lubrizol Corporation's Performance Coatings business announces plans to participate at the Western Coatings Symposium which takes place October 25-28, 2015 in Las Vegas. Lubrizol experts will deliver three technical presentations at ...
Tags: Coatings Symposium, coatings
As the build of Bloodhound SSC gains momentum and a planned UK test in Newquay is just months away, engineers are increasingly looking at the detail design challenges to help them push the car to 1,000mph and above. These include the issues ...
PPG Industries’ fiber glass business has expanded the direct draw roving portfolio with APE-free products that offer a combination of hydrolysis-resistance and strength-retention properties. These new products will be featured at ...
Tags: APE-free products, epoxy
A new film for in-mold labeling in thermoforming delivers a look and feel on par with injection-molded products. The solution developed by BOPP specialist Treofan features an innovative surface that enables stable fusing of thermoforming ...
Tags: injection molding, BOPP Film
The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...
Tags: biomaterials, coatings
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) has announced the finalists for the 2015 Polyurethane Innovation Award, selecting innovations created by Dow Chemical, Honeywell and Novomer. Since its inception in 2005, the Polyurethane ...
The study and development of atomically thin coatings will be the focus of a one of a kind National Science Foundation funded university/industry center. Led by Penn State, in collaboration with Rice University in Houston, the ...
Tags: thin coatings, nanoscale coating
Axalta Coating Systems has announced its support for the 46th Annual NSRA Street Rod Nationals Plus at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky on August 6-9. Five cars on display include: Rudy Laris, Jr.’s 1955 ...