Europe is emerging as a world center for the development of coatings and other materials for offshore wind turbines, which potentially could be a much more cost-competitive and efficient source of renewable energy than their onshore ...
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Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. has hired Robert “Bob” Kumpf as the company’s chief technology officer. In this role, Kumpf will focus on expanding the organization’s product and applications development ...
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Bayer MaterialScience has increased it investment in its production sites for polyether polyols in South Charleston, West Virginia, and Channelview, Texas. Both sites produce polyether polyols - a key component in the development of ...
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The rising demand for polyurethane automotive coatings has prompted Bayer MaterialScience to expand the production of two important coating raw materials: hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI). After a ...
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Coating applications, one of the major sources of industrial volatile organic compound emissions, are facing stricter industry regulations as air pollution has emerged as a major issue for the Chinese government, sources said. The central ...
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The School of Polymers and High-Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi has announced its 2014 Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium short courses. Short courses are held February 24-25, 2014 in ...
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Bayer MaterialScience LLC is a key supplier to the building and construction industry, offering a broad portfolio of sustainable, high-performance materials and technologies. Through its participation in the Energy Efficient Buildings (EEB) ...
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Allnex has completed the acquisition of Bayer MaterialScience's Desmolux product range. With the acquisition of the Desmolux product range from Bayer MaterialScience, Allnex gains urethane acrylate, dual cure resin and polyester/polyether ...
Plastics with smooth, decorative surfaces have a high quality look and meet demands for greater individuality. Be it a comfortable auto interior, futuristic building facade or sleek tablet PC or laptop, products of this kind are wildly ...
Successfully painting traditionally difficult-to-coat substrates used in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications is now much easier due to a Bayer MaterialScience LLC advance in waterborne primer coating raw material ...
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The versatility of polyurethane chemistry and its benefits for the building and construction industry will be the focus of three separate technical sessions at the 2013 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, presented by the Center for the ...
Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated a regional innovation hub for Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China. More than 200 experts will develop novel ideas for the use of high-performance plastics, foams and coatings in key sectors such as ...
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has agreed to sell its global powder polyester resins business and its U.S.-based liquid polyester resins merchant business to Stepan Company of Northfield, IL. The sale is scheduled to be completed by June 1. ...
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Germany's Bayer MaterialScience will sell its global powder polyester resins business and its US-based liquid polyester resins merchant business to the US Stepan Company of Northfield, Illinois, the company said Tuesday. The sale, for ...
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Steven Reinstadtler, industrial marketing manager – coatings for construction, Bayer MaterialScience LLC, has been elected President of the Polyurea Development Association (PDA). He will officially begin his one-year term during the ...