Kyle Price, a PhD Candidate with the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, and researchers from Arkema Coating Resins , a business unit of Arkema, have earned the prestigious American ...
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A 500 metre stretch of highway in the Netherlands is being lit by photoluminescent paint as an alternative to street lights. The new technology is the brainchild of Dutch engineering firm Heijmans and interactive artist Daan Roosegaarde, ...
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Unilever's ice cream brand Klondike has unveiled Klondike Kandy Bars in three varieties - Caramel & Peanuts, Fudge Krunch and Cookies & Cream. The Caramel & Peanuts variant features vanilla ice cream topped with caramel in a milk ...
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BASF has invested €2.5 million in its Demarchi coatings site, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, to expand its capacity to service Brazil's automotive industry with waterborne automotive coatings. The goal is to meet ...
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Akzo Nobel Coatings International has been granted a patent for a chip-resistant powder topcoat on a steel substrate having a corrosion resistant powder coating basecoat thereon. The topcoat is comprised of the cured or fused product of a ...
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European coatings companies have been hoping that this year would bring a revival in their domestic markets as the European Union economies, particularly those in the eurozone, started to show signs of recovery around mid-2013. But the ...
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Nanovere has obtained a patent for a surface-protective coating composition comprised of a first component comprised of a globular dendritic polymer having a peripheral cross-linkable hydroxyl functionality of approximately 32 to 64; ...
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PPG Industries' industrial coatings business recently held a successful seminar on DURANAR coatings at the Hong Kong International Commerce Centre (ICC), highlighting its fluoropolymer coatings and introducing a new product under the ...
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RoHS directive to exclude the contents of the original February 12, 2003 e Applications of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, which are exempted from the requirements of Article 4(1) 1. Mercury in compact fluorescent ...
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A, RoHS directives contained in the scope of electrical and electronic equipment: 1. Large household appliances Large refrigeration equipment, refrigerators, freezers, other large food refrigeration, preservation and storage of ...
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January 27, 2003, the European Parliament and the European Council adopted Directive 2002/95/EC, that is, "in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Restrictions on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances Directive" (The Restriction of the use ...
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Stand highlights include the introduction of new film technologies for a range of flexible packaging and labelling applications. The company was formerly OPP films business of ExxonMobil. Paul Griffith, executive vice president at Jindal ...
When evaluating coatings for industrial maintenance applications, asset protection is a top priority. Yet, methods for re-creating real-world conditions in the lab, such as accelerated weathering, do not necessarily predict performance in ...
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Best Practices for Bearing ProtectionAdam Willwerth, Sales and Marketing Manager, Electro Static Technology Voltages arcing through the bearings of VFD-driven motors create thousands of pits, which cause increased friction and noise and ...
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Sensors Deliver Efficiencies for Technology Center Yokogawa's WEBFREX3ES online sensor is now included in Faustel's Technology Center. The sensor performs accurate online measurements of film and sheet thickness. It produces graphs ...
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