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Halifax Innovator Aims to Green the Global Shipping Industry, One Coating at a Time
Marciel Gaier is on a mission to transform the global shipping industry. Even the challenges of a worldwide pandemic haven’t stopped the entrepreneur from advancing his smart coating for ship hulls. The system, which is the first patented technology to use...
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Ontario Paint Manufacturers Support New Recycling Regulation
The Ontario government has just published a new regulation for paint recycling as part of proposed new Hazardous and Special Products (HSP) regulation. The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) says it was pleased to see that the Minister of Environment,...
AkzoNobel’s Yacht Coatings Business Partners With the Water Revolution Foundation
AkzoNobel says creating a more sustainable yacht industry and helping to protect the world’s oceans are the main goals driving a new partnership between its Yacht Coatings business and the Water Revolution Foundation. “We have a natural connection with the Water...
The Protech Group Acquires Excalibur Paints & Coatings
Quebec-based The Protech Group, coatings, paints, and specialty materials manufacturer, has reached an agreement to acquire the liquid coatings business of Excalibur Paints & Coatings Ltd. (Excalibur Paints) based in Wichita Falls, TX. Manufacturing equipment will...
Hempel Acquires Coatings Technology
Hempel has acquired a “groundbreaking” technology it says will change the market for insulation coatings while enhancing workers’ safety and lowering customers’ environmental footprint. The technology, developed by Das Lack Enertherm (DLE), a German-English company,...
Evonik Launches New Knowledge Platform for Coatings and Printing Inks
Evonik has launched COATINO Campus, a website where its Coating Additives business line offers comprehensive information about additives and formulations. The new platform includes interactive information on items such as defoamers or matting agents, live events,...
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Nouryon Improves Coating and Adhesive Performance in Harsh Environments
Nouryon has introduced Thioplast EPS 35, a solution that enables high-performance coatings and adhesives to withstand harsh environments in the construction, automotive, aerospace, marine, and energy industries. “Nouryon’s customers work in some of the world’s most...
OCSiAL Promotes Powder Coating on FRP Using Graphene Nanotubes Conductive Gelcoats
New conductive gelcoats with graphene nanotubes as a protecting layer on top of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) grant engineers and designers the ability to produce special surfaces and uniformly coat all final parts regardless of their conductive and non-conductive...
Evonik and SI Coatings Develop Water-based Primer for Polyamide Coatings
Evonik Industries and SI Coatings have jointly developed a water-based primer for the pretreatment of steel prior to coating in the fluidized-bed process with VESTOSINT polyamide 12 powder. Polyamide coatings on metal serve to protect against corrosion. Until now,...
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Halifax Innovator Aims to Green the Global Shipping Industry, One Coating at a Time
Marciel Gaier is on a mission to transform the global shipping industry. Even the challenges of a worldwide pandemic haven’t stopped the entrepreneur from advancing his smart coating for ship hulls. The system, which is the first patented technology to use...
Anthony W. Thornton Honored with ASTM International 2021 Cavanaugh Award
Anthony W. Thornton, Director of Technical Information and Senior Technology and Applications Consultant for Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, was recently awarded the 2021 ASTM International William T. Cavanaugh Memorial Award. The Cavanaugh Memorial Award honors...
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