Colour My World! New Tools for Improving Colourant Acceptance in Waterborne Architectural Coatings

The colourants used in point-of-sale tinting systems must have excellent compatibility with different base paints to ensure consistent, reproducible colours. This remains one of the toughest challenges facing the waterborne architectural paint formulator today. This paper will describe the mechanisms involved in colourant stabilization and explain how specific surfactants can be used within the base paint formulation to prevent destabilization of the colourant, ensuring its intended performance.

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Evonik Launched a New Holistic Sustainability Strategy

Evonik will address seven handprint effects to benefit the entire value chain and reduce environmental footprint.

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Evonik Launched ELATUR® DINCD, a New Plasticiser for Durable Products

The new plasticiser developed by Evonik is particularly suitable for both interior and exterior applications.

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Evonik Develops Four New Fumed Silicas

With an innovative manufacturing process, Evonik has developed four new fumed silicas from the AEROSIL® family that are much easier to disperse.

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Evonik Launches Three Universally Applicable Matting Agents

The three new matting agents based on precipitated silica will expand Evonik’s ACEMATT product line.

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Evonik Opens a New Innovation Center to Improve its Capabilities to Develop Specialty PU Additives

At the end of October, Evonik inaugurated a new laboratory and testing facility dedicated to the development of specialty PU additives.

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COATINO® Campus - The New Standard for Knowledge Transfer in the Coatings and Inks Industry

The new platform provides extensive interactive eLearning modules on effect groups such as defoamers and matting agents, webinars, expert lectures, lab videos, tutorials and much more.

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Evonik Launches a Heat Stable Hardener That Dries at Ambient Temperature

Evonik’s TEGO Cure 100 allows to save costs and energy by curing at room temperature.

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Evonik Launches Two Defoamers with Bio-Renewable Content

Evonik has launched two new defoamer concentrates for printing inks and varnishes, which provide a bio-renewable content of 55% and 95%.

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Evonik Inaugurated the First Fumed Silica Plant in China

Evonik’s first fumed silica production facility in China has started the operations to fulfil local coatings and adhesives markets.

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Evonik Extends its Partnership with Brenntag for the Distribution of Functional Silanes in Europe

Evonik has strengthened its collaboration with Brenntag through a new agreement for the distribution of its Dynasylan® product line in 16 countries in Eastern Europe.

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Evonik to Divest its Lülsdorf Site

Evonik announced its intention to divest its Lülsdorf site in the medium term to focus on high-margin specialty chemicals.

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Raising the Bar for Facade Paints and Plasters

Façade coatings have to combine attractive appearance with reliable protection from weathering effects. Silicone resin paints ensure this functionality and in addition, modern silicone resin emulsions provide broad color selection and slow façade pollution. Of course, they meet all regulatory requirements.

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Evonik and VoW Truck Will Offer Workshops on Blind Spot Accidents

Evonik will take part in the VoW road safety campaign offering blind spot accidents workshops for employees and local residents.

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Evonik Expands Its Production Capacity with a New Facility in China

Evonik has opened a new facility in Shanghai in order to increase its production capacity for the coating additives business line.

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