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Advanced Polymer Coatings MarineLINE Coating System 'Approved' Via Shell Cargo Handling Sheet
10/26/2022
AVON, OHIO manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coating’s (APC) MarineLINE ship tank coating system has become the first protective lining to be approved onto Shell’s Cargo Handling Sheet to transport mono ethylene glycol (MEG).
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Chemical Clues To The Mystery Of What’s Coating Stradivari’s Violins
10/25/2022
Stradivarius violins produce elegant music with a level of clarity that is unparalleled by modern instruments, according to some musicians. And it’s the finishing touches — mysterious treatments applied hundreds of years ago by Antonio Stradivari — that contribute to their unique look and sound.
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Arkema Showcases Bio-Based Rheology & Specialty Additives At Paint & Coatings Italy
10/25/2022
Arkema, a world leader in specialty materials, will meet with customers to showcase the company’s latest solutions from Rheology and Specialty Additives offer at Paint & Coatings Italy in Milan from October 25-26.
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Nikon Announces Investment In Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc.
10/17/2022
Nikon Corporation (Nikon) today announced an investment in Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc. Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc. (HMT), an award-winning industry leader in additive manufacturing (AM), successfully created an approach that enables users to integrate additive tools onto any platform.
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Evonik Increases Production Capacities For ACEMATT Matting Agents
10/10/2022
Evonik’s Coating Additives business line is expanding the production capacity of its ACEMATT precipitated matting agents at its manufacturing facility in Taiwan. The significant capacity increase will help to meet the rising demand for matting agents in Asia, with the capacity expansion scheduled for completion by the second half of 2023.
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Microban Launches Non-Heavy-Metal Technology For Water-Based Coatings
10/5/2022
Microban International is proud to present LapisShield, a novel, non-heavy-metal technology designed to seamlessly integrate antimicrobial functionality into any water-based coating formulation.
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C3Nano Announces Activegrid™ Room Temperature Curing Conductive Ink, Transforming The Advances Materials And Smart Surface Industry
10/4/2022
C3Nano, Inc. (C3Nano), the performance leader in nanowire-based technologies and conductive inks, today announced a new breakthrough formulation that can be cured rapidly at ambient conditions to produce highly conductive coatings on a variety of temperature sensitive substrates.
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Solvay Launches SolvaLite Surfacing Film For Automotive Body Panels At CAMX 2022
10/3/2022
Solvay has announced the launch of SolvaLite SF200 surfacing film, a light tack film for ‘Class A’ paintable body panels. The new product will officially be introduced to the market at the Composite and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) in Anaheim, California, where Solvay will be exhibiting its comprehensive composites offering from October 17 through 20, 2022, at Booth W56.
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Mussel Polymers Announces New Multi-Functional Carbon And Aramid Fiber Coating For Stronger Lighter Reinforced Composites
9/28/2022
Carbon fiber reinforced materials are widely used in products from golf clubs to the world's most advanced aircraft due to their high strength, stability, and light weight. Mussel Polymers, Inc., a specialty materials and coatings company, announced today that it has successfully coated carbon and aramid fibers with its Poly(catechol-styrene) (PCS), which is a step forward in producing lighter, stronger fiber reinforced composites.
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Surface-Treated Beamsplitters Significantly Reduce Glare And Interference To Improve Image Contrast For In-Line Illumination Applications
9/27/2022
Edmund Optics, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of optical components, has expanded its extensive inventory by increasing its offering of standard optical components