Massive oversupply and downward price pressure have created the misconception that the solar industry suffered from industry-wide commoditization. But not all solar modules are created equal, and profit margins can rise to double-digits for ...
PPG Industries and Universal Display Corporation today marked the opening of a world-class organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials production facility at PPG's Barberton, Ohio plant. This new site, which PPG owns and operates, ...
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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DuPont and Kuraray today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for DuPont to sell its Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls (GLS/Vinyls), a part of DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, to Kuraray for $543 million (U.S. ...
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Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. recently introduced Renewicals, a breakthrough category of novel products, building blocks and ingredients. Elevance announced the new product category during Ecochem 2013, held Nov. 19-21 in Basel, ...
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The Valspar Corporation and North Dakota State University (NDSU) have announced two new scholarship programs to provide opportunities for students studying coatings and polymeric materials at NDSU. The Valspar Foundation will contribute ...
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Abundant shale natural gas reserves in the United States are expected to keep petrochemical producers in North America well stocked with inexpensive ethane for the next decade, according to the just-launched Platts Petrochemical Analytics: ...
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With diverse applications that utilize the company's plastics and polyurethanes, coatings and sealants raw materials, Bayer offers building professionals a hub of energy efficient material technologies for sustainable construction. These ...
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The market for functional and barrier coatings that are used in paper and board applications, is expected to increase by about 420,000t globally by 2018 and is worth around $4.2bn in 2012, reported Smithers Pira. Smithers Pira's 'The ...
Cortec Corp. offers EcoClean VpCI-432/433 rapidly biodegradable, non-corrosive, non-toxic, heavy-duty paint strippers and graffiti removers. They are designed to remove polymers, inks, resins and coatings from concrete and wood surfaces as ...
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Epoxy Epoxy resin is widely used in a number of industries. It is a thermosetting polymer that contains an adhesive formula of one or more epoxy chemical groups. In two part epoxies, the resin of one part reacts with the polyamine ...
Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced the appointment of Stephen G. Crawford as senior vice president and chief technology officer, effective January 1, 2014. Crawford will succeed Dr. Gregory W. Nelson, who will remain with ...
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Pulsafeeder introduces its Polymer Makedown Systems in both Automatic and Manual versions. These systems feature the proprietary 3 Step Static Blending System which provides excellent dilution without harming the polymer chains. These ...
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Solvay and Shanghai 3F New Material Co.,Ltd. announce that they have agreed to establish a production joint venture in Changshu (Jiangsu province, China) to serve the fast-growing Asian market with high performance fluorinated polymers. ...
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Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dmitry Konov, Chief Executive Officer of SIBUR signed today at the Gazprom headquarters a Memorandum of Cooperation while constructing a gas processing plant and a gas chemical ...