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May 18, 2018 | Article
By Rutuja Jathar
The optical coating manufacturing is getting influenced by the ongoing trends in other industries, including: − Photovoltaics − Photonics − Optics − Display − Optical data...
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Mar 15, 2018 | Article
By Sreeparna Das
‘Smart’ is more than just a buzz word in the coatings industry today. The industry is increasingly getting attracted to new, high performance solutions coming in from the research world. They are...
Sep 23, 2013 | Article
We recently interviewed Ayaz Khan, Technical Service Marketing Manager, Novecare Coatings during Sink or Swim 2013 to find out about Solvay's values, latest developments, innovation and ambitions...
Dec 19, 2012 | Article
By Terence Kenneth
CHINACOAT 2012 opened under an unseasonably cool November day. But inside the halls of the Guangzhou Int’l Convention and Exhibition Center, Pazhou Complex, the damp, overcast morning was replaced...
Nov 5, 2012 | Article
By Ben van Leeuwen
The market penetration of Epoxy high-solid coatings has been facilitated by the fact that many industrial users tend to view this high-solid technology as a logical extension of the conventional...
Nov 1, 2012 | Article
The paint and coating industry has put an emphasis on developing water-based, powder, high solids, and radiation curable coatings that comply with governments' stricter health and safety regulations...
Sep 10, 2012 | Article
By Edward M. Petrie
The concept of microencapsulation has interested coatings, adhesive, and sealant (CAS) formulators for some time. Most applications that will come immediately to the formulator’s mind involve the...
Apr 2, 2012 | Article
A pattern is beginning to emerge in the trend in announcements of new technologies as can be seen from the following table which shows the number of news items recorded in the past three years since...
Oct 4, 2011 | Article
By Joseph E. Sabol
Polymer chemistry was a popular topic at the American Chemical Society 242nd National Meeting, held in Denver CO USA, 28 August 2011 - 01 September 2011. Here is a review of some interesting work...
Aug 9, 2011 | Article
It is interesting to note that the reporting of new technology seems to be making a good job of mirroring the ebb and flow of the global coatings industry itself. That is deep recession in 2009...