Because fluoropolymers can significantly enhance products and components used in critical environments such as oil and gas exploration, transportation, chemical processing and aerospace, AGC FluoroCompounds Group offers Fluon Filled PTFE ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. c) continued to expand, rising by 0.5 percent in August on the heels of a 0.4 percent gain in July. Chemical output remained ahead of month ...
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PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings business is fulfilling growing demand for "ice class" marine coatings for hull protection with SIGMASHIELD 1200 coating. Developed from research conducted in PPG's own facilities, SIGMASHIELD ...
Tags: Construction, Coating
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is strengthening its production network in China to meet the high level of demand for iron oxide pigments and is adding a mixing and milling plant to the pigment plant already under construction in Ningbo. ...
Tags: Iron Oxide, Red Pigments
Max Chemical, Inc. is now a trademark licensee of Arkema's Kynar Aquatec high-performance coating technology in North America. Max Chemical uses Kynar Aquatec PVDF latex as the basis for its Crossco® MaxWhite ultra-durable roof coating ...
Tags: coating technology, Max Chemical
Gokul Jaykrishna, Joint MD, Asahi Songwon Colors is very optimistic about the growth outlook for the pigment industry in India over the next five years. He sees good growth for the business in Asian countries like India and China and also ...
Tips When choosing tiles for bathrooms, go for matte tiles rather than glossy ones. This is because the fear of slipping is more in such places. If you want a shiny tile, apply a coat of no-slip solution on it. Having a beautiful and ...
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BASF and the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), building on a decade of successful joint research and development, are expanding their cooperation on emissions reduction. Under a new strategic agreement, the two ...
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The physical properties of the ultra-white scales on certain species of beetle could be used to make whiter paper, plastics and paints, while using far less material than is used in current manufacturing methods. The Cyphochilus beetle, ...
Tags: Beetle Shells, Construction, Decoration
The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA was able to achieve a significant increase in its sales and earnings in the first half of 2014. Sales in the first six months of the current fiscal year grew by 11 percent to €985 million ...
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The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) has announced that it is partnering with Smithers Rapra as a supporting association of this year's Pigment and Color Science Forum and TiO2 World Summit. This year the two long-standing ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Pigment, Coating
Merck has been awarded a patent for a pigment preparation, consisting of one or more effect pigments in platelet form that is a pearlescent pigment, an interference pigment, a metal effect pigment, a multilayer pigment with transparent, ...
Tags: Pigment, Construction, Decoration
Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, and the former textile, paper and emulsions businesses of Clariant, is looking to secure a home-win at this year's Denim by Premiere Vision (DPV) in Barcelona with its amazing new ...
Tags: Textile, Jeans, Appare, Dazzling Color
Sudarshan has announced that William L. Baker will assume responsibility for their North American Operations for the Industrial Division, responsible for Pigments and Effect Pigments in the coatings, inks and plastics markets. This role ...
This cocoa paper is an innovation which has already won over the chocolate and chocolate packaging industries! Cocoa bean husks are usually waste products in chocolate production but James Cropper has used them to make paper. The husks ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, cocoa paper, chocolate packaging