PPG Industries' industrial coatings business has added DRAGONHIDE heavy-duty coatings to its lineup of polyurea-based protective coatings for trucks, commercial vehicles, heavy-duty equipment and other demanding applications. DragonHide ...
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Some of the best curing ovens are based on either Ultra violet or infrared systems. The systems offer many advantages including guaranteeing a cheaper process. It is important for manufacturers to find more efficient ways to cure resins and ...
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US-based plastic packaging manufacturer VisiPak has announced the addition of two new lines of injection molded plugs for tube containers. The company launched the new lines produced with crystal clear PETG in response to customer demand. ...
Nipsea Group has started construction of its third paint factory in northern Vietnam's Vinh Phuc Province. The six-hectare Nippon Paint Vinh Phuc, which will be in operation in February next year, will produce general industrial paint for ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
German chemical firm BASF is investing about EUR90m to build a new plant at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China, for producing resins and electrocoat (e-coat) for use in automotive coatings. Scheduled to commence production during ...
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The Valspar Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of Inver Holding S.r.l., a leading industrial coatings manufacturer in Europe. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With 2012 sales of ...
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Valspar Sourcing, Inc. has been granted a patent for a coating composition comprised of a blend of two or more polyester resins each formed by the reaction of one or more polyacid molecules and one or more polyol molecules, wherein the ...
Tags: Coating, packaging coating
Certification systems for verifying the sources of biobased raw materials and their content in finished products are already operating in the agriculture and food sectors in Europe. Now they are beginning to be introduced into the ...
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H.B. Fuller Company has been awarded a patent for a hot melt adhesive composition comprised of a thermoplastic polymer comprised of ethylene copolymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene n-butyl acrylate, ...
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has been awarded a patent for an article comprised of at least one substrate and a curable coating agent comprised of 30%-80% weight of an atactic poly-alpha-olefin, which contains at least two alkoxysilane groups; ...
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PPG Industries has received a patent for a substrate comprised of aluminum at least partially coated with a primer coating comprised of a thermoset film-forming resin comprised of a polyamine and an epoxy functional polymer; and magnesium ...
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Si Chem Co. has obtained a patent for a method for preventing corrosion of a structure without influencing an electrical flow in the structure. The method is comprised of applying a silicate urethane paint composition to the structure, ...
Tags: Paint, Chemicals, Silicate Resin
BASF Coatings Japan Ltd. has been awarded a patent for a paint composition comprised of a hydroxyl group containing resin comprised of a hydroxyl group value of from 80 to 220 mg KOH/g, a glass transition temperature of −50° C or ...
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Behr Process Corporation has been granted a patent for a process for producing a paint composition comprised of the steps of dispersing a titanium dioxide pigment particles in a solvent to form a dispersion; mixing the dispersion with grind ...
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For a long time dispensing epoxies has been a difficult process for manufacturers. They can cause clogging of the dispensers and require cleaning of the machinery for each and every run. The clogging and cleaning process leads to ...
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