Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, have come together as one company at the European Coatings SHOW 2015 to explain how its product families of pigments and resins can be used together to create enticing metallic coatings for a full ...
Sun Chemical Performance Pigments is introducing to ormulators a variety of new pigment shades which expand the color gamut for architectural, industrial and automotive coatings applications. Additionally, experts from Sun Chemical and DIC, ...
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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. ...
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Coating additives are specialty additives primarily used during the manufacturing of coatings in order to improve their quality and performance. Some major types of coating additives include rheology modifiers, wetting and dispersing ...
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Emerald Specialties Group, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has introduced two new 100% active FOAM BLAST defoamers for coatings and graphic arts, including both aqueous and energy curable (UV/EB) applications. FOAM ...
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Steven Cortazzo was named vice-president of sales for Keim Mineral Coatings of America, Inc. His responsibilities include corporate branding and business development in the New York metro region including New York City and New Jersey. ...
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PPG Industries announced that the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, which is LEED Platinum certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, was constructed with SOLARBAN 70XL STARPHIRE glass, CORAFLON ADS (Air-Dried System) ...
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This newly renovated National Park Service building at Grand Canyon National Park is on track to receive a platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. In 2009, in the wake of the country's economic ...
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U.S. 8,188,183 B2 Imperial Chemical Industries has been granted a patent for an autoxidisable coating comprised of a liquid dispersion medium and a binder wherein the binder is comprised of an unsaturated copolymer which is produced by ...
Crown Holdings, a supplier of cans and other metal packaging products has announced that the company cut its direct greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by 8% from 2007 to 2010, according to its first sustainability report. During the period, ...
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U.S. 8,110,624 B2 The Valspar Corporation has obtained a patent for a low-VOC paint comprised of a latex polymer comprised of a surfactant and polymer particles comprised of a homopolymer or copolymer including at least one of an acrylate ...
Mike Sheehan, regional commercial manager, North America, Dow Microbial Control recently spoke to Coatings World about the biocides market as it adapts to the growing trend towards low and zero VOC coatings formulations. "When discussing ...
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Coatings World: Has the market for industrial coatings experienced growth in the past year? Raphael Crawford, global marketing director, Dow Coating Materials: The market is recovering from the 2008 economic decline. The strengthening of ...
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Executives reflect on the past year in coatings and look ahead to what the future might bring. Charles Bunch, chairman and CEO, PPG Industries The strategic actions that PPG has undertaken over the past decade have served to transform our ...
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