Mar 1, 2019 | Industry News
INEOS will invest £150 million in Hull to construct a new Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) plant. This will bring production of an important raw material back to the UK. The capacity at the site is...
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Mar 1, 2019 | Product News
With vinyl methyl oxazolidinone (VMOX), BASF offers a new vinyl monomer in commercial quantities. VMOX is particularly suitable as a reactive diluent in UV curing inks and coatings, which can for...
Feb 28, 2019 | Industry News
Axalta has opened its largest Refinish Training Center, spread over 20,000 square feet in India. The coatings industry, especially waterborne coatings, in India has been growing at a rapid...
Nouryon and Gasunie have agreed to supply green hydrogen to BioMCN for the production of renewable methanol from CO2. The companies say it marks the next step in the sustainability of processes in...
DCC LANSCO® is installing a new production line for the manufacture of organic pigments in order to meet increasing market demand for DCC LANSCO’s products, which will increase its capacity by more...
Feb 27, 2019 | Industry News
Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has created a breakthrough new form of graphitic material that’s conductive, easy to apply and offers greater control over performance than graphene. It...
W. R. Grace & Co. has begun construction of a new colloidal silica plant at its European flagship manufacturing and R&D center in Worms, Germany. It will broaden Grace’s technology platforms...
A University of Canterbury research team is developing germ-proof surface coatings for environments such as hospitals, after an unexpected development in the lab. It can be applied to high-traffic...
Feb 27, 2019 | Product News
VeoVa™ vinyl ester monomer from Hexion is one of the key components in a new specialized adhesion promotors developed by ADDAPT Chemicals. It is used in DTM systems. VeoPox™ significantly increases...
Feb 26, 2019 | Industry News
The global conductive inks market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2018 to 2026. Increasing use of conductive inks in the production of lightweight sensors and seat-heating elements...