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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Axalta Coating Systems is rolling out its latest generation Nap-Gard® product which can withstand continuous operating temperatures of 155°C (311°F). Nap-Gard High Tg 7-2555 is a thermosetting epoxy powder designed for use as a ...
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Rust-Oleum continues introduced forth fresh, innovative products to the automotive industry. From water repellents to protective coatings and everything in between, Rust-Oleum offered a full-line of products to protect and enhance the ...
Arkema has officially started its new 60,000 MTY emulsion polymers facility on its Changshu platform. The plant, part of Arkema's Coating Resins business unit, will serve customers in the Asia Pacific region with a full line of waterborne ...
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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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Worksman Cycles, a New York City manufacturer of bicycles, is switching to PPG Industries' Aquacron water-based liquid coatings for its frames. The company had been using vegetable-based coatings that appealed from an environmental ...
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The design and placement of glass is a vital component of green architecture. It allows for natural light and integrates the interior of office and residential buildings with the exterior. Natural light improves productivity in the ...
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This review of strategies for improving the performance of polyamide thin-film composite (PA-TFC) reverse osmosis (RO ) membranes looks in particular at surface modifications and the incorporation of nanoparticles. Polyamide thin-film ...
Sprays provide a 'robust' protection of a ceramic coating. Belzona, the designer and manufacturer of polymer repair composites and industrial protective coatings, has pioneered a new generation of spray applied filler free polymer alloy ...
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University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has developed semipolar (20-2-1) nitride semiconductor laser diodes (LDs) without using aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) as the cladding material for optical confinement [A. Pourhashemi et al, ...
Protech Chemicals Ltd. of Montreal, Canada has reached an agreement with NPA Coatings, a subsidiary of Nippon Paints Japan, to acquire the Seibert powder coatings business. Protech will continue the manufacturing operations in Cleveland, ...
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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The Valspar Corporation and Maersk Container Industry have entered into a long-term supply agreement. Valspa will provide Valspar Aquaguard waterborne coating for shipping containers manufactured in Maersk Container Industry’s ...
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Triple Insulating Glass Improves U-value and Solar Heat Gain Performance - Viracon has expanded its triple insulating glass sizes to 70 square feet, giving architects and building designers more options as energy codes become stricter. ...
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Yieh Phui, one of the major coating steel mills in Taiwan said that it might raise its export prices by US$10~US$20/ton for next January due to the rising steel demand in the US and European market. Meanwhile, the price rise is also ...
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