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New Water-based Treatment Reduces Surface Prep Time
Oxford Advanced Surfaces, (OAS), in the surface preparation of plastic and composite components for painting and lacquering market, has developed a new treatment called KOTEFAST, it says reduces surface preparation time by 90 percent compared to the existing approach...
RadTech Names 2021 RadLaunch Award Winners
RadTech, the nonprofit group for UV+EB technology, has announced the winners of its 2021 RadLaunch Awards. In addition to recognizing four RadLaunch winners, the judges offered a special Unique New Technology Award to recognize a potentially disruptive formative...
Barentz Expands Canada CASE Team
Barentz, a distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemical solutions throughout North America, welcomed Patrick Tuck to its expanding CASE & Plastics technical sales team as an Account Manager covering Ontario and western Canada. Tuck brings...
PPG Opens China Application Innovation Center
On April 1, PPG opened its China Application Innovation Center (CAIC) in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China. The facility is the company’s first cross-business research and development (R&D) center in the region, serving as a bridge between innovation and...
Microban and Everbrite Partner to Fight Bacteria and Corrosion
Microban International and Everbrite have joined forces to develop CrobialCoat, a coating that combines Microban antimicrobial technology and Everbrite ProtectaClear to provide surface protection and cleanliness. CrobialCoat is a durable, clear and adhesive coating...
Hempel Opens New Campus
Coatings company Hempel has opened its new “campus”, which features a newly constructed office building and R&D facility. Hempel Campus will form the international headquarters for the Hempel Group. “We are very excited to move into our Hempel Campus, which is a...
AkzoNobel Wants to Lead the Charge for E-mobility Powder Coatings
As global demand for electric vehicles and e-mobility continues to accelerate, AkzoNobel says its powder coatings business will answer the growing needs of its customers by developing technologies to help power the industry into the future. Manufacturers of electric...
Registration Opens for Powder Coating Week 2021
Registration is now open for Powder Coating Week 2021, which will take place July 13 – 16 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, FL. Powder Coating Week 2021 will be comprised of three separate programs offering a combination of training, keynote...
SAMES KREMLIN Adds to FStart Manual Airspray Gun Range
SAMES KREMLIN has added models to its entry-level range of Airspray manual spray guns. A new, cost-effective solution for professional painters to spray solvent and water-based materials, the company says, the FSTART is available in Gravity, Pressure and Suction...
ROSS Launches Portable Explosion-proof Inline High Shear Mixers
ROSS, which manufactures inline high shear mixers for usage in a range of dispersion, emulsification, and homogenization applications, has launched portable explosion-proof models. The new models can be supplied with a NEMA 7/9 operator station pre-wired and mounted...
Radio Wave-based Tools Measure Liquid “Fingerprints” in Realtime
New radio wave-based analysis technology, developed by the Finnish high-tech company Collo, makes it possible to continuously monitor the state liquids – thick slurries, resins, adhesives, coatings, emulsions, or other fluids – in industrial processes, Collo says....
Sherwin-Williams Announces Resignation of President and COO
The Sherwin-Williams Company announced that David B. Sewell, President and COO, resigned effective March 12, 2021, to become CEO of another company outside of the coatings industry. “We thank David for his many contributions to Sherwin-Williams over his 14 years with...
BASF Becomes Global Paint Accessories Supplier to Fit4Paint
BASF has become the exclusive global supplier to Fit4Paint, BMW’s private label paint-related products (PRP) offering. Fit4Paint is a portfolio of protection, cleaning, sanding, masking, mixing and painting, and polishing accessories put together by paint experts that...
CFI Offers Interactive Floor Coating Selection Tool
Coatings for Industry (CFI) has launched an interactive coatings selection tool dubbed Coatingstown. The company says the tool will help facility owners, specifiers and contractors to identify the right resinous flooring system for any job. The Coatingstown selection...
ChemPoint and Henkel Reach Distribution Agreement for BONDERITE Products in Canada
ChemPoint.com Inc., a subsidiary of Univar Solutions Inc., announced it has partnered with Henkel Corporation to further the sales, distribution, and marketing of Henkel's BONDERITE products in the U.S. and Canada. The products provide an array of application...
Behr Reveals its Color of the Year
Behr Paint Company revealed its 2021 Color of the Year, Canyon Dusk S210-4, a terracotta shade. The company says Canyon Dusk is a rich, neutral color that creates an atmosphere of warmth. "There is something so reassuring about dusk, the moment just after sunset,...
Cast Aluminum Solutions Launches Industrial Heaters with Temps to 1110 F
Cast Aluminum Solutions (CAS) – a supplier of industrial heating devices for specialized chemical and water processing applications including paint ingredients, solvents, and other key chemicals, recently launched its new CAST-X High Temperature Heater line. CAST-X...
Nix Sensor to Launch Portable 31-Channel Spectrophotometer
Nix Sensor Ltd. Is launching the Nix Spectro 2, a professional-grade, accessible, and cost-effective spectrophotometer it says offers a new way for industry professionals to capture and communicate spectral data. “The product development and engineering teams at Nix...
USING ANTIVIRAL COATINGS TO REDUCE SPREAD OF COVID-19
Researchers at Northumbria University in the UK, have been tasked by the government’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) to develop an antiviral coating suitable for use on everyday surfaces. DASA, part of the Ministry of Defence, has commissioned a research team...
Clariant Expands Pigments Laboratory for African Market
Clariant Pigments is expanding its pigments laboratory in near Johannesburg, South Africa. To be officially opened and inaugurated in early 2021, the new facility will service the emerging Middle East and Africa paints and coatings market, Clariant says. The company...
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