Barry Snyder has joined Axalta Coating Systems as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Snyder will report to Axalta Chairman and CEO Charlie Shaver and be responsible for all of the company’s research and ...
Tags: VOC products, alcohol division, Construction
ANGUS Chemical Company has announced that AMP, a multifunctional specialty chemical that's widely used in latex paint formulations, is no longer classified as a volatile organic compound (VOC) under a final rule by the U.S. Environmental ...
Tags: AMP, VOC, Decoration
It is hard to argue that hardwood flooring, derived from rapidly renewable trees, is one of the greenest floor covering options available. But is it worth selling that aspect of the floor? For residential consumers, a floor's sustainable ...
Tags: Hardwood Flooring, Construction
U.S. demand for paint and coatings is forecast to rise 4.2 percent annually to 1.5 billion gallons in 2017, valued at $30.6 billion. This will be a notable improvement over the volume declines recorded during the 2007-2012 period, ...
Tags: Paint&Coatings
Possibly the biggest focus today in the flooring industry is on the constantly growing residential luxury vinyl tile (LVT) category, where Armstrong's widely popular Alterna continues to be a top seller at retail. Now the company is ...
Tags: Floor Tiles, Construction, Decoration
Resinate Materials Group, Inc. has entered into a distribution agreement with CCC Chemicals for its Resinate brand resins. CCC, a Canadian chemical product and services company, will represent Resinate and its products in Canada. CCC will ...
Tags: Resinate Partners, Construction
Resinate Materials Group, Inc., a provider of polyurethane dispersion (PUD) coatings for the paints, coatings, adhesives and sealants industries, has updated and expanded its product pipeline for 2013. The pipeline will include the ...
Tags: Resinate, Pipeline, polyurethane dispersion
Resinate Materials Group, Inc. announced it has entered into a distribution agreement with Hall Technologies., Inc. for its Resinate brand resins. Hall Technologies will represent the company and its products in the Midwestern U.S., and ...
Tags: Resins, Resinate, Hall Technologies
PPG has launched two new waterborne primer surfacers,Envirobase High Performance EPW115 Waterborne Speed Prime and Aquabase Plus P950-5505 Waterborne Primer Surfacer,for the automotive refinish industry. The low-VOC products are intended ...
Tags: PPG, waterborne, primers, bull
Coatings World recently spoke with a number of surfactant suppliers to the coatings industry regarding the state of the market. Among the topics discussed were raw material costs, "green" chemistry and opportunities for growth. Coatings ...
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