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Innovative precursor for thermal insulative coating

news Coatings Technologies

A recently published paper deals with the innovation of a new precursor for enhancing the intu ...

EU plans new limits for further chemicals

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European Commission takes further action to better protect workers against cancer-causing chem ...

Acryloyl-group functionalized graphene

news Coatings Technologies

In a new study scientists prepared acryloyl-group functionalized graphene to enhance thermal a ...

Renewable raw materials: “The economy of scale should ...

news Raw materials

The use of renewable materials in binders for the coatings industry will continue to grow, say ...

Fraunhofer IFAM develops binder for lignin-based paints

news Raw materials

Instead of happening as a result of one big discovery, independence from fossil resources will ...

Bio-based coatings: Sustainability 2.0

news Coatings Technologies

The transition from solvent-borne to water-borne coatings has been at the core of sustainabili ...

The future is green – for the coatings industry, too!

news Raw materials

Germany in summer 2017. The nation of carmakers is shocked. A court in the south of the countr ...

The future is green – for the coatings industry too!

news Markets & Companies

In my opinion the coatings industry is fully prepared when it comes to offering the market environmentally friendly products. In some applications perhaps less so than in others. Interior paint m ...

Setting the tone for the industry: CEPE Annual Conference

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The pace of innovation in the European coatings sector is picking up. CEPE will be setting the ...

July/August issue of the European Coatings Journal is out

news Raw materials

How nice is it to walk on wooden floors or look at buildings made of wood: It all feels so nat ...

Geopolymer mortars as sustainable repair material

news Coatings Technologies

Environmentally friendly repair materials with reduced carbon footprint have been in great dem ...

Proposed restriction of diisocyanates

news Raw materials

Diisocyanates widely serve as monomers in polyurethane products for seals, adhesives and coati ...

“We will see increased use of bio-based materials“

news Raw materials

Completely sustainable solutions are still rather rare in the paints and coatings industry. Ho ...

Progress in eco-friendly adhesives

news Markets & Companies

At Wacker, they see a strong trend toward eco-friendly solutions. They are addressing ...

“Green Marketing“ – only a buzz word?

news Markets & Companies

When I did a Google search, I immediately received this Wikipedia entry: "Green marketing is the marketing of products that are presumed to be environmentally preferable to others.” Th ...

Sustainability is the new alibi for killing environment

news Markets & Companies

This is a word which makes me laugh a bit more actually. We are all uber-sustainable already, eve ...

Who can give me absolution? Please contact me!

news Markets & Companies

I wrote this blog, because I was once again shocked. Last Thursday was "Earth Overshoot Day” – th ...

Bio-based coatings: Anything else but cheesy

news Markets & Companies

The enzymatic autodeposition process uses an enzymatic reaction for a controlled deposition of bi ...

Examples of eco-efficiency and, occasionally, eco-effectiven...

news Markets & Companies

The recent European Coatings SHOW(ECS) was well attended, reflecting continued confidence of both ...

Sugar based raw materials – a charming solution!

news Markets & Companies

No need to worry! The company Total already announced increasing prices for raw oil in the near f ...

Back to the future – without biocides?

news Markets & Companies

Wow! This sound very exciting and I am positive, that this technology can help to reduce the amou ...

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