Issue 6 /November-December 2024

SPONSORS OF THE ISSUE

Luca Amadeo, Chiara Mantovani - SAFIC ALCAN ITALIA Bruce Lin, Eric Cai - WANHUA CHEMICAL

Waterborne wood coatings: 2K PU solutions for high...

Wood, a material deeply intertwined with human history for thousands of years and today perhaps more relevant than ever.

Claudio Villa - EUROSYN

Biodegradable waxes: Deurex approach...

Have you ever spilled a drink on a wooden table? What you would expect is to see the wood being impregnated by a large, sticky, colored stain…

Sinthuya Mylvaganam - SYENSQO

Sustainable coating solutions that make a difference

The shift towards environmentally friendly, cleaner, and healthier coatings has fueled the growth of waterborne coatings over recent decades.

Nicolas Dujardin - OCÉINDE

European dumping of TiO2, impact on costs...

Last 11 July, the EU began imposing anti-dumping duties on imports of TiO2 manufactured in China, with the enactment of Regulation 2024/1923…

Dušica Banduka - Nova-InstitutE / Francesca Di Bartolomeo e Alexander Wentzel - SINTEF

Painting a bio-based future with microbially produced alginates, xylans, lipids and pigments

To add to the pursuit of a climate-neutral Europe and a truly circular economy, the PERFECOAT project develops and validates a new generation of industrial wood and decorative coatings with significantly more than 25% bio-based components.

WE FOCUS

Nissan Motor Co.

Nissan trialing cool paint technology to lower cabin temperatures

Nissan has been trialing an innovative automotive paint aimed at helping lower a vehicle’s ambient cabin temperature in summer and reduce the energy usage of the air-conditioning system.

PRE EVENTS

Sinostar-ITE International

CHINACOAT2024, a global platform where the industry meets

CHINACOAT2024 is ready to welcome worldwide visitors from December 3 to 5 at Area A of the China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, P.R. China. The exhibition covers 8.5 exhibition halls spanning more than 91,500 square meters of gross exhibition space.

LORAMA GROUP

Bio-based performance resins and additives for a cleaner future

BASF

BASF switches their portfolio to bio-based ethyl acrylate

SPOLCHEMIE

New advanced alkyd binders for industrial coatings

HEXION

Hexion and Clariant forge strategic collaboration to advance high-performance intumescent coatings

Resino Inks

Water-based, SUPD compliant and compostable varnish series for food packaging

BSB Nanotech

Amorphous silica derived from rice husk for nanocoatings

Nouryon

Tackling extreme conditions with polysulfides-based coatings

AkzoNobel

AkzoNobel helps metal packaging industry secure a more sustainable future

Agakim Kimya

Agakim: leader in soluzioni polimeriche personalizzate

AGC Vinythai

Next stage of AGC Vinythai collaboration with Michigan State University and allnex in bio-based epoxy coating development

Svenska Aerogel

Svenska Aerogel to launch an aqueous aerogel suspension for easy incorporation

BYK

BYK to end production of additives containing PFAS

hubergroup

hubergroup is Cradle to Cradle certified for the fourth time in a row

Perstorp

Advancing coatings based on polyurethane dispersion technology

Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute

Self-healing water-based epoxy coatings containing microcapsules and treated CeO2 particles

Sivit

Sivit turns 50 and looks to the future

Nymco

Effective coalescing agent for latex formulations

OQ Chemicals

OQ Chemicals presents a new co-solvent for water-based electrode coatings

Dorfner

Dorfner partners with Citrine Informatics and revolutionizes paint formulation work through Artificial Intelligence

KRÜSS

Dewetting as the key to surface QC: new method from KRÜSS

ALTANA

ALTANA Innovation Award: technology enhances the sustainability and safety of packaging

MC-Bauchemie

MC-Bauchemie establishes new company in Canada

Venator

Venator completes sale of its 50% share in Louisiana Pigment Company TiO2 facility to Kronos

Kansai Helios Coatings

Kansai Helios Italy and Weilburger Coatings combine their strengths to supply stronger than ever offerings

Coatmaster

coatmaster announces significant scale-up plans

Qemetica

Qemetica agrees to acquire silicas products business for USD 310 million from PPG

Merck

Merck signs agreement to sell Surface Solutions business unit to GNMI

Vibrantz Technologies

Vibrantz Technologies prepares for construction launch of facility dedicated to sustainable tinting solutions

Calyxia

Calyxia raises $35 million to help manufacturers to advance products and fight microplastic pollution

Colorificio Sammarinese

Colorificio Sammarinese strengthens and looks to new markets with the entry of the Grigolin family into the share package

Pyran Inc