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AkzoNobel Doubles Capacity at Chinese Coatings Site

March 13, 2014

AkzoNobel has completed the expansion of its Industrial Coatings site in Songjiang near Shanghai, China.

ARKEMA: Thermoplastic Resins

March 12, 2014

This company has introduced its first range of liquid thermoplastic resins under the brand Elium^®.

Bayer Acquires DuPont Aniline Facility

March 11, 2014

Bayer MaterialScience LLC has acquired DuPont’s Baytown, Texas, aniline production facility.

Adhesives and Sealants Can Benefit as New Homes are Getting Larger

March 7, 2014

Though the average size of new homes keeps getting bigger, there is more to this home buying trend than meets the eye.

ARKEMA COATING RESINS: Binders

March 6, 2014

This company, a business unit of Arkema, has added to its line of waterborne emulation binders for use in formulating roof coatings.

Previewing the American Coatings Show and Conference

Major topics for the event will include VOC reduction and sustainability in coatings.

March 1, 2014

The American Coatings Show and Conference (ACS) will take place April 8-10 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta

Determining the Volatile Content of Coatings

Rapid loss-on-drying methods may be more effective than traditional testing methods.

James A. Moore

March 1, 2014

For 40,000 years, people have been using coatings for decoration, protection and camouflage in daily life routines.

UV LED Curing Technology

UV LED curing is fast becoming an accepted, user-friendly technology for a variety of manufacturing processes.

Stacy Hoge

March 1, 2014

UV LED curing refers to a technique that uses “energy” output from the light emitting diodes (LEDs) in the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum to treat coatings, adhesives, inks and other UV-curable materials.

Ask Dr. Dave: How can we ensure that UV-curable adhesives are always fully cured?

Dave Dunn's March 2014 column.

Dave Dunn Ph.D.

March 1, 2014

One never gets a full 100% cure of these thermoset systems at relatively low temperatures because molecular mobility goes down dramatically as the adhesive increases in viscosity during curing.