All the papers published during 2016

ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY:

• The environmental sustainability for companies: Carrefour concerned with the environment protection

RESINS:

• Is your waterborne 2k epoxy formulation giving you a headache? Here is the cure! – ALLNEX
• Twisting resin properties: Polycaprolactones, a versatile tool to modify coating formulations – PERSTORP
• Novel silicone resin to provide lasting protection for wood – WACKER
• Optimizing barriers to irritating stains – CH-POLYMERS OY
• High-Temperature Resistant Coatings: new fields of application thanks to silicone resins – EVONIK
  

POLYOLS:

• Cost-effective alternative to conventional polyether and polyester polyols – INVISTA
  

ADDITIVES:

• Determination of the hydrogen equivalent weight for amine curing agents via DSC – KERAKOLL
• Novel toughening agent for improved impact resistance of epoxy coatings – CRODA
• Novel corrosion inhibitors for high performance coatings – KING INDUSTRY
• Silicone emulsions as surface lubricating additives for water-borne wood coatings – DOW CORNING
• Dispersing Additives: the keyto unlocking the potential of aqueous anticorrosion coatings (Part one) – BASF
• Dispersing Additives: the keyto unlocking the potential of aqueous anticorrosion coatings (Part two) – BASF
• Improving Colourant Compatibility and Colour Development in Architectural Coatings – AIR PRODUCTS
• A novel biopolymer based coating additive. Performance the natural way – BYK

FOCUS ON BIOCIDES:

• Global Antimicrobial Coating Market set for rapid growth – ZION RESEARCH
• Sustainable protection of façades with innovative slow release technique – LANXESS
  

PHOTOINITIATORS:

• Photoinitiator for crosslinking of clear systems with 365 nm led lamps – IGM
  

PIGMENTS:

• Make exterior paint colourful with inorganic pigments – NUOVA EUROCOLORI
• Extending beyond beauty with multifunctional metallic architectural coatings – SUN CHEMICAL
• Micaceous iron oxide: a unique pigment for decorative and protective coating – BUSOLO
• Inorganic pigments for solar heat reflection and energy saving properties – NUBIOLA 

EXTENDERS:

• New lightweight aggregate for dispersion-based construction products – DENNERT PORAVER
  

ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS:

• New tetrafunctional epoxy reactive modifier to replace PFAZ in coatings formulations – CVC
  

COOL ROOF:

• Method for measuring energy savings on highly reflective coatings – CHEMOURS
• Binders for solvent free cool roof systems – ARKEMA
  

FOCUS ON:

• GFBiochemicals to invest in Italy to manufacture levulinic acid from biomass
• Reducing energy usage with nano-coatings – FRAUNHOFER INST.
• OMNOVA Solutions, a milestone of French/American chemistry with a one hundred-year history
• Developing improved paints and varnishes more quickly – FRAUNHOFER INST.

REGULATIONS:

• Users of chemicals: make sure your suppliers register your substances in time – ECHA
  

PLANTS & MACHINERIES:

• Energy-efficient cleaning and treatment systems – DW RENZMANN
• Storage, dosing and transport systems of cohesive and semi-cohesive outflow powders –IDEALTEC
• ABB present their modular skidded resin production unit
• A cleaning process for optimum coating adhesion – DORIS SCHULZ
• Solvent distillation as a contribution to active environmental protection – DW RENZMANN
• First instrument to reproduce any color in 100cc – ALFA DISPENSER