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• The University Of Tokyo And Nippon Paint Group Launch Phase II Of Industry-Academia Co-Creation Initiative

  2/12/2026

  The University of Tokyo and Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. (hereafter, “Nippon Paint Group”) entered into an industry–academia co-creation agreement in 2020, focusing on the fields of paint and coatings, and established a five-year Social Cooperation Program.

• Living Material Makes Harmful UV-Light Visible

  2/12/2026

  T-shirts that warn of excessive sun exposure or labels that reveal damage to light sensitive materials: researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a coating that makes this possible—using proteins and bacteria.

• Henkel Expands Conformal Coating Portfolio With Solvent-Free, Cost-Competitive, UL 94 V-0 Rated Formulation

  2/10/2026

  Henkel today announced the market availability of Loctite Stycast UV 7998, the latest formulation in the company’s line of award-winning conformal coatings.

• Ashland Agrimer™ Eco-Coat Polymer Seed Coating From The Transformed Vegetable Oils (TVO) Platform Receives Approval For All Food And Non-Food Uses In Pesticide Formulations Including For Sale In The U.S.

  2/9/2026

  Ashland announces the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially posted and approved its petition under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for agrimer™ eco-coat polymer seed coating for crop care.

• TopBuild Acquires Applied Coatings And Upstate Spray Foam

  2/3/2026

  TopBuild Corp. (NYSE:BLD), a leading installer of insulation and commercial roofing and a specialty distributor of insulation and related building products to the construction industry in the United States and Canada, announced it acquired Applied Coatings and Upstate Spray Foam.