Dow Coating Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, unveiled new RHOPLEX 800h Acrylic Binder at the Western Coatings Symposium, providing a solution to formulators seeking to improve hardness in architectural paints. ...
Tags: Architectural Paints, Paints
The study and development of atomically thin coatings will be the focus of a one of a kind National Science Foundation funded university/industry center. Led by Penn State, in collaboration with Rice University in Houston, the ...
Tags: thin coatings, nanoscale coating
Dow Coating Materials , a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, accelerates progress in paints and coatings through customer collaboration, understanding market trends, and research and development, including high through-put research, ...
Tags: Coating Materials, Construction, coatings
Dow Coating Materials has introduced PARALOID Edge Isocyanate-Free1 Technology, which extends pot life while maintaining quick cure. The ambient crosslinking technology was unveiled this week at the 2015 European Coatings Show in Nuremberg, ...
In step with green building trends in commercial and institutional architecture, Dow Coating Materials (DCM) introduced two new resin technologies for low and ultra-low VOC coatings this week during the 2015 SSPC Conference and Exhibition. ...
Tags: VOC Coatings, SSPC 2015
Wacker Asahikasei Silicone, a Japanese joint venture of Wacker Chemie AG, has opened a new development laboratory for airbag applications. The competence center will spearhead the development of silicone coatings for airbags and technical ...
Tags: silicone coatings, airbags, Construction
Innovations will surge in the protective coatings industry by 2020, giving rise to a range of improved biocompatible and durable coatings that enable implant devices for use in orthopedic, orthodontic and cardiac applications. The ...
Tags: Medical Devices, Innovations, Decoration
The market for functional and barrier coatings that are used in paper and board applications, is expected to increase by about 420,000t globally by 2018 and is worth around $4.2bn in 2012, reported Smithers Pira. Smithers Pira's 'The ...
Tectorius has recently introduced fastener coating application equipment. This new line of equipment is specifically designed to apply adhesives, sealants, lubricants and coating materials to threaded parts. Units are available in several ...
In cooperation with PVD Products of Wilmington, MA, USA, Finland-based nanotech firm Picodeon Ltd Oy, which specializes in thin-film coatings and surface treatments, has developed the ColdAb Series 4 thin-film deposition system, which is ...
Tags: PLD, Electrical, Electronics
A new ASTM International standard will be used to substantiate manufacturers' claims on the inherent dry fall characteristics of coating materials such as paint. ASTM D7868, Practice for Determining the Dry Fall (Fog) Properties of ...
Tags: Protective Coating, Decoration
Transistors in ultra-high definition displays (UHD) possess particularly fine structures. Only extremely pure sputtering targets are suitable for use as the input materials for the fine conductor paths. "UHD-ready" will be the motto when ...
Tags: UHD Screens, Ultra-Pure Sputtering
Asahi Kasei Group announces results for 1st quarter fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. Overview of Consolidated Results 1. Consolidated group results Although the US economy showed signs of recovery with improving employment during the ...
Hanjin Chemical, a specialty paint manufacturer, has begun operations of its Hanoi, Vietnam plant for specialty coating materials used for mobile devices. "We established the plant to supply paint materials to Samsung Electronics Vietnam ...
Covering a roof or a facade with standard solar cells to generate electricity will change a building’s original appearance—and not always for the better (this idea to coat buildings with graphene kicks the problem up another ...
Tags: Solar Cells, Facade Design