Unir sings while playing the morin khuur, or horse-head fiddle, during a performance. [Photo provided to China Daily] As his fingers run over the strings, we hear a thunderstorm and rain. When he whistles, you hear the wind. Horses run ...
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An artwork by Fang Lijun. [Photo provided to China Daily] Contemporary artist Fang Lijun's solo exhibition in Beijing showcases his dozen ink sketches, which he paints to record instant thoughts and emotions when he travels and meets ...
Tags: Fang Lijun, ink sketches, oil paintings, ceramic sculptures
The Ritual by Sun Zhensheng is one of the gongbi paintings on display at the show Subtlety Transcend. [Photo provided to China Daily] The highly detailed gongbi technique, with a history of 2,000 years, is still held dear by Chinese ...
Tags: gongbi paintings, Traditional Art
Pro-Lite Technology (Cranfield, UK) today announced that it is reducing the cost of photometry with the launch of its Labsphere LFC-Series of Integrating Sphere Photometers. LFC integrating spheres are a new, entry-level solution for ...
Tags: Pro-Lite, LED lighting, LFC systems
Time Inc.’s This Old House named Rust-Oleum’s Chalked Ultra Matte Paint to its fifth annual “This Old House Top 100,” a list of the 100 best new home products of the year. The list was announced today. Each year, ...
Dow Coating Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, unveiled new RHOPLEX 800h Acrylic Binder at the Western Coatings Symposium, providing a solution to formulators seeking to improve hardness in architectural paints. ...
Tags: Architectural Paints, Paints
Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, developed and launched a new Corshield alkyd system designed to provide resistance and lasting color for severe corrosive environments. The new Corshield ...
Asian Paints has announced its financial results for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2015. “The demand conditions in the Indian Economy remained subdued and growth of decorative coatings business segment in India ...
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Wacker Chemie AG has officially started up a new reactor for vinyl acetate-ethylene co-polymer (VAE) dispersions at its Calvert City site in Kentucky, USA. By expanding its capacities, WACKER is meeting global demand for its dispersions and ...
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So far, China has become the world's largest coating production and consumption country. In 2014, China's coating output reached 16,482 kt, accounting for 38% of the global total and consisting of 5,357 kt of construction coatings and ...
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Valspar has launched new specialty products - Furniture Paint and Cabinet Enamel - offering consumers an economical and easy solution for restoring furniture with minor blemishes like watermarks, dings and scratches, which otherwise would ...
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The PITTSBURGH PAINTS & STAINS brand has introduced the top color trends for 2016, including the brand’s color of the year, Holly Glen (MEN7009-4). Forecasted to be prominent in home decor in 2016, Holly Glen is reminiscent of the ...
Tags: Pittsburgh Paints, Stains pain, Color Trends
To mark HMG Paints’ 85th Year of business, a dedicated in-house team has created new website. The new website has everything you’d need to know about HMG as a company, their products, and the services they offer, as well as ...
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At ABRAFATI 2015, the WACKER Group is presenting a range of innovations for challenging coatings and sealants: Wood impregnated with the new silicone resin emulsion SILRES WH is protected against damp, moisture and damage caused by fungi ...
Tags: coatings, sealants, silicone resin emulsion, interior paint additive
Despite technological leaps in modern electronics, the quality of lighting they provide still leaves much room for improvement. A collaborative team — led by Jian Li, an associate professor of materials science and engineering in ...