Paint & Coating News

Plymouth, Devon, UK Its rare to find a business collaboration within the exterior coatings industry that fits like a glove, but the recent teaming-up with coating giants Wetherby group, and the UKs most famous exterior wall coating...

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Work on applying a chemical on the 133-foot-tall Tiruvalluvar statue in the middle of the sea in Kanniyakumari is under progress at an estimated cost of ₹86 lakh, Tourism Minister Vellamandi N. Natarajan said here on Friday.

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Netherlands-based AkzoNobel, a leading global paints company, has joined hands with Luxembourg’s Jean Boulle Luxury for the production of aviation grade Sun King Diamond Coating for the private and commercial jet markets.

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Flowgard from Flowcrete Americas is a line of high-performance coatings for use on ceilings and walls. The range incorporates three abrasion and scratch resistant, non-porous epoxy coating systems, which offer the ability to ...

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The Department of Energy has awarded $1.2 million to SurfTec LLC, a company affiliated with the U of A Technology Development Foundation, to continue developing a nanoparticle-based coating to replace lead-based journal ...

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The vast majority of metal objects will end up on the scrapheap in a rusty shell of their formers selves – we can’t alter the fact that they will rust, but we can delay it and prevent it as best we can.

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Saudi Arabian Minister of Commerce and Investment, Dr Majid Al Kassabi is set to launch the Kingdom’s first paint and coating industrial committee on May 24th at the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) in Riyadh.

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According to the research of CHEM, the total coating production in Europe reached 8.5 million mt in 2016,

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According to the report published by MarketsandMarkets™, the deckrative paints and coating market is projected to grow from USD 87.06 Billion in 2016 to USD 114.72 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 5.7% from 2016 to 2021.

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Researchers say they've now come up with a way to give nearly every surface touch-sensing tech.

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BASF was named the 2017 FCA US LLC Sustainability Supplier of the Year for the second time.

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Global Powder Coating Market 2017 Research Report offers a replete and diligent analysis of the growth rate of the Powder Coating industry.

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Akzo Nobel, the Dutch paint and chemicals company, on Monday rejected a merger offer from its American rival PPG Industries for the third time since early March, saying it preferred to go it alone.

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Giving fabric a resistance to oil, called oleophobicity, makes cleaning spaghetti sauce off your favorite shirt as easy as spilling it in the first place.

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Hair dye and coloring is constantly changing and evolving. Elle Magazine predicts different shades of blonde - platinum, strawberry and dirty blonde- as being the hottest hair colors for summer 2017.

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The anti-glare coating can be used on all lenses including transitional lenses, the ones that turn color in sunlight.  And for people working on computers a lot, it would help the glare from the screens.

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Polymer chemists at Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan invented a novel and simple coating process to color metals, leading to higher performance and saving the energy. The method involves a chemical modification to non-ionic ...

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A transparent, industrial and cost effective coating with self-cleaning properties for indoor and outdoor applications based on a water-based polyacrylic emulsion was prepared using TiO2/polyaniline nanocomposite.

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Russian submarines are to be layered with specialized 'masked' coatings, rendering it indistinguishable from whales and orcas.

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Edco Products’ Mike Bergeson smiles proudly when he looks at the metal shingles his company produces in its Minnesota plant, then offers an assessment that would catch many industrial finishers off guard.

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