Can furniture coatings cut CO2 emissions?

The patented water-based Bayhydur® quix hardener dries as quickly as solvent-based hardeners while saving energy on drying times. The comparison shows that with Bayhydur® quix, CO2 emissions can be demonstrably reduced by up to 60% compared with solvent-based coatings – this was the result of a Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) in cooperation with the furniture coatings manufacturer Hesse Lignal.

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Stardust's Ongoing Commitment Despite the Difficulties in Sourcing Raw Materials

Despite the great uncertainty in terms of the availability of numerous raw materials, the manufacturer of powder coatings Stardust is committed to guaranteeing an attentive, reliable and timely service.

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Covestro Completes Acquisition of Resins & Functional Materials Business from DSM

Covestro succesfully completed the acquisition of the Resins & Functional Materials business (RFM) from the Dutch company Royal DSM.

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Coatings Industry Under Pressure Due to Uncertainties in the Raw Materials Market

The European paint, printing inks and artists' colours industry is under increased pressure due to rising raw materials prices, caused by a complex mix of demand, capacity issues and scarce transportation resources. Despite the enormous impact for the industry, the coatings industry is striving to reduce risks to customers. 

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AkzoNobel Develops A More Sustainable Way of Making Resins

AkzoNobel, in collaboration with the Dutch Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (ARC CBBC), has developed a more sustainable process of making resins, which employs bio-based monomers.

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Evonik präsentiert EXP 8018-1, ein neues Mattierungsmittel mit feinerer Silica-Qualität, das Beschichtungsformulierungen verbessern kann

EXP 8018-1 ist Teil der Evonik-Produktlinie an Silica-basierten ACEMATT®-Mattierungsmitteln. Es verfügt über einen hocheffizienten Mattierungseffekt und wurde für Anwendungen entwickelt, bei denen superfeine Oberflächenhaptik in Kombination mit hoher Transparenz angestrebt wird.

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Evonik Launches SPHERILEX DP-0115, A New Matting Agent for Powder Coatings

Evonik has launched SPHERILEX DP-0115, a new matting agent for powder coatings, which provides a matting effect, improving hardness and flexibility.

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Autonomous Driving Now Has Silver Metallic Pigments

Until now, conventional silver metallic paints have represented a challenge in the autonomous driving field where it is essential that paints have a high degree of transparency. However, ECKART has now launched on the market pigments for silver metallic color shades specifically for use in this sector.

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Ashai Kasei bringt SoForm eine neue technische Harzserie auf den Markt

Ashai Kasei präsentierte SoFor(TM) - einen neu entwickelten Typ der Thermylene(r)-Familie mit Class-A Oberfläche, niedrigen Emissionen und hervorragender Kratzbeständigkeit.

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GrapheneCA's Innovative Antimicrobial Graphene-enhanced Coatings Pass Primary Independent Test

Nano Graphene Inc., has announced its antibacterial product lines have proven to be able to kill 99.9% of bacteria on various surfaces. They can be very helpful in tackling the current pandemic as well as possible future pandemics.

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DSM Withdraws Specific Chemical from Products of its European Coating Resins Portfolio

Royal DSM is eliminating alkylphenol-ethoxylates (APEOs) from its European coating resin product lines in order to offer a more sustainable portfolio of coating resins. This decision is part of the company's sustainable strategy which aims at eliminating also CoCH from all coating resins products by 2025.

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Evonik startet MACBETH, ein EU-geförderte Projekt, um ein neues Verfahren zur katalytischen Synthese zu entwickeln

Evonik hat als Teil eines Konsortiums aus 24 Partnern das EU- geförderte Projekt MACBETH gestartet. Ziel des Projekts ist es, ein neues Verfahren zur katalytischen Synthese, das mehrere zuvor getrennte Produktionsschritte kombiniert, die Treibhausgasemissionen um bis zu 35% reduziert und den Wirkungsgrad um bis zu 70% erhöht.

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DSM Introduces a New Primer Resin for Long-Term Adhesion without the Need for Sanding

Royal DSM announced the launch of a new, universal primer resin, NeoCryl(r) HP-1000, that enables long-term adhesion and functional performance for trim and lacquer paints and eliminates the requirement for sanding.

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Evonik stellt neue Entschäumer und Dispergieradditive für Bautenfarben vor

Zur Unterstützung von Lackformulierung hat Evonik einen neuen Entschäumer und drei neue Dispergieradditive als Teil seines Portfolios für Innen- und Außenfarben eingeführt.

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Covestro stellt Rohstoffe zur Herstellung von Medizinprodukten

Um die Coronavirus-Krise zu bewältigen, liefern mehrere Covestro-Werke auf der ganzen Welt Rohstoffe für die Herstellung von Verbrauchsmaterialien wie Medizinprodukten, Schutzbrillen für medizinisches Personal und Krankenhausmatratzen.

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