Feb 15, 2021 | Industry News
Fraunhofer IGB and partners have coated textiles with the biopolymer chitosan and thus made water-repellent by binding hydrophobic molecules. Chitosan is a renewable raw material that is derived...
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Assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering Shu Hu and his research group developed a new coating to protect semiconductors from corrosion. Without the protective coating...
Feb 12, 2021 | Industry News
Biesterfeld has been granted distribution rights for Italy by Dymax, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of light-curing adhesives, potting compounds, conformal coatings and curing equipment...
Cortec® offers EcoShield® VpCI®-380, a fast drying, water-based fluoropolymer modified acrylic one-coat system that can be applied direct to metal and provides corrosion protection and...
Feb 11, 2021 | Industry News
Clariant has signed a cooperation agreement with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich to support research in catalysis and sustainable chemistry with a significant financial...
AkzoNobel no longer intends to acquire Tikkurila, following a competing, higher, offer for it. Despite a strong cultural fit – and more synergies than any other combination with Tikkurila – the...
Feb 10, 2021 | Industry News
Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven have entered into definitive agreements to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients (“LSI”), a division of Lonza AG, for a total enterprise value of CHF 4.2...
Feb 10, 2021 | Product News
Axalta announced the launch of Cromax XP, its latest solvent-borne basecoat for refinish customers in North America. This new technology delivers outstanding coverage, color match, and final...
Feb 9, 2021 | Industry News
A new ASTM International standard will be used to help determine the abrasion resistance of coatings on the touchscreens of smart devices. ASTM’s committee on paint and related coatings, materials...
Biorizon’s Bio-Aromatics4Coatings (BA4C) consortium develops bio-MPA-based alkyd coatings that exceed fossil PA-based coatings in terms of performance, sustainability and resource efficiency...