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Focus On: 50 Years of Coatings Success

Valspar celebrates 50 years of Fluropon.

June 1, 2015

This year, the Valspar Corp. celebrates 50 years of Fluropon® 70% PVDF resin-based coatings.

Advancing Adhesives: Bio-Based Succinic Acid Polyester Polyols

Sustainable building blocks provide multiple benefits for performance-driven TPUs, PUDs and coatings.

William D. Coggio Ivan Hevus Prof. Dean C. Webster Alan Schrock Baylen Thompson Kenneth Ulrich Natalie Dzadek

June 1, 2015

Bio-based succinic acid provides researchers and product developers a valuable and innovative sustainable platform chemical for differentiable, high-performance polyurethane (PU) materials.

Bio-Based Feedstocks for Adhesives and Sealants: Everything Old is New Again

Recent years have seen a near adversarial relationship between bio-based product manufacturers and petrochemical companies.

Lee Colyer Speight

June 1, 2015

This is a call for innovation and collaboration. The ascent - or, more appropriately - re-ascent of renewable chemistry provides great promise for the adhesives and sealants industry.

Touchscreen Manufacturing with UV LED Curing Technology

UV LED curing technology provides a more consistent and reliable process without damaging or discloring heat-sensitive components.

Stacy Hoge

June 1, 2015

Ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diode (LED) curing offers many benefits for bonding and coating applications in the touchscreen manufacturing segment. It provides a more consistent and reliable process without damaging or discoloring heat-sensitive components.

AkzoNobel to Invest $32 Million in Thailand Plant

June 1, 2015

AkzoNobel recently announced plans to invest more than €30 million (~ $32 million) in a manufacturing facility in Thailand.

ASC Reports Record Attendance at Spring 2015 Convention

May 27, 2015

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) recently announced that its Spring Convention and Expo drew 592 total attendees.

CHROMAFLO: Colorants

May 26, 2015

This company recently announced it has launched its new line of colorants.

HEXION: Epoxy Resin Dispersion

May 13, 2015

At the European Coatings Show, this company debuted a new epoxy resin dispersion that can reportedly close the cost vs. performance gap.

RadTech Announces Call for Papers for 2016 Conference

May 7, 2015

RadTech International North America is accepting abstracts for RadTech UV&EB Technology & Conference 2016.

Q&A About Polyurethanes: Formulating Basics for Coatings

What are some fundamental issues that I should know regarding the basics of formulating coatings?

May 1, 2015

An important concept to learn is critical pigment volume concentration (CPVC). Understanding this concept is essential for formulating high-performance coatings. In fact, it’s an “elephant in the room” for many formulators—ignored at our peril.