BASF is expanding its range of engineering plastics for the dynamic market of electric and hybrid vehicles. Tailor-made Ultramid® and Ultradur® materials are now available globally for equipping vehicle-interior and -exterior ...
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BASF Corporation launched DiamondShield, the first mesh specifically engineered to provide crack suppression and isolation in stucco wall systems. “Cracks in stucco lessen the aesthetic appeal of buildings” said Peter ...
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Axalta Coating Systems has developed Rival RV450 Epoxy Primer to provide customers with a wider variety of its popular economy paint brand. It is designed for high performance, color capability and appearance. “As we continue to ...
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Fluon ETFE fluoropolymer film and LUMIFLON fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE) from AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. are ideal for architectural applications. Fluon ETFE film has been used in some of the world’s most creative architectural ...
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Since the beginning of 2015, the flame-retardant polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) Ultradur B4450 G5 (halogen-free) from BASF has been used in the mass production of the MiniSKiiP Dual power semiconductor modules from the company SEMIKRON. ...
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The new Silicone Roof Coating System from Mule-Hide Products Co. Inc. extends the life of aging roofs, ensuring that they continue delivering watertight, energy efficient performance while significantly delaying the day when tear-offs ...
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Innovia Films' NatureFlex flexible packaging film has been chosen by South African company KiddieKix to pack its cereals and dried fruit snacks. NatureFlex speciality packaging films are made from renewable resources such as wood-pulp ...
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Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University has been studying ways to improve the performance of p-type gallium nitride (p-GaN) in terms of hole density and contact resistance with nickel/gold [Bo-Sheng Zheng et al, J. Appl. Phys., vol118, ...
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Researchers in Japan have been developing ways to increase minority carrier lifetimes in lightly doped silicon carbide (SiC) with a view to insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) [Tetsuya Miyazawa et al, J. Appl. Phys., vol118, p085702, ...
PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business has introduced the PPG ONE Series, a collection of three individual coatings products developed to provide industrial-level protection in an easy-to-use, one-component ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has announced a new approach to achieving color mixing with its high-power LUXEON C Color Line of LEDs. "We've solved the problems of beam halos and mismatched, unmixed color by designing our platform ...
Technische Universit Wien (TU Wien) in Austria has improved its bi-functional 6.8μm quantum cascade laser and detector (QCLD) technology [Benedikt Schwarz et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p071104, 2015]. It is hoped that monolithic ...
Henkel has recently introduced new food safe modular aliphatic adhesive systems - Loctite Liofol LA 2760 / LA 5891-21 and Loctite Liofol LA 2760 / LA 7371 – to cater to sectors demanding high performance retort processing and flexible ...
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Flexible packaging material supplier Rollprint Packaging Products has added a new easy-to-open package Peelable Exponent to its Barex replacement product range. The new peelable Barex replacement structure has been developed for ...
Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a natural milk protein-based solution which claims to offset complaints about dry, crumbly gluten-free bakery products. The market for gluten-free products is going through the roof in both Europe and ...