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Experts’ opinions on sustainable colourants

news Raw materials

Regarding the sustainability in coatings, the role of colourants is not the first thing to pop up. Nevertheless, they ...

H.B. Fuller and Covestro join forces to make adhesives more ...

news Markets & Companies

Global adhesives provider H.B. Fuller has announced a strategic partnership with Covestro, one of the world’s l ...

Recycling circular economy

Circular economy: Coatings and recycling

news Raw materials

The European Coatings Show Conference 2021 will open its digital doors in a couple of weeks. As a special highlight t ...

Symbolic image: A tractor spreads fertiliser on a field.

Biocomposites as coatings for slow nutrients release from fe...

news Application Areas

Reserchers have presented biocomposites as coating membranes for the controlled and slow nutrients release from water ...

Akzo Nobel’s Yacht Coatings business partners with the...

news Markets & Companies

Creating a more sustainable yacht industry is the intended goal driving a new partnership between Akzo Nobel’s ...

Interview: “The Green Deal has added new impetus”

news Raw materials

Bio-based coatings are expected to play a larger role in the industry’s effort to become more sustainable. Dickon Pur ...

Environmentally friendly corrosion protection

news Application Areas

A new paper describes corrosion protection properties of an environmentally friendly polyvinyl alcohol coating reinfo ...

Novel green solid lubricating coating

news Application Areas

A recent study presents aqueous solid lubricating coatings as novel green lubricated materials.

Uzin Utz and BASF cooperate on climate protection

news Markets & Companies

Saving CO2 together – this is the motto of the cooperation between the Uzin Utz Group, a full-range ...

Soybeans as a symbolic image.

Mechanical properties and water sensitivity of soybean prote...

news Production & Lab

A recent study addresses the problems of high water solubility, hydrophilicity and low tensile strength of soybean pr ...

A laboratory scene as a symbolic image.

Water-borne polyurethane with good water resistance and mech...

news Production & Lab

Researchers report on a terpene derivative-containing silicone two-component waterborne polyurethane for coatings.

Wood, bark or straw as a basis for novel materials

news Production & Lab

In future, waste from agriculture and forestry could serve as the basis for environmentally friendly building materia ...

Fabrication of all-organic superhydrophobic coatings

news Production & Lab

An actual study describes the low-cost production of superhydrophobic coatings from candle soot and carnauba wa ...

Novel cement free concrete recipe

news Production & Lab

Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, a part of The University of Tokyo, have developed a new method of ...

A greener perspective: non-isocyanate polyurethane

news Production & Lab

A new review article gives a comprehensive overview of the production, properties and applications of non-isocyanate polyurethane.

A tree whose leaves form the continents of the earth.

Tesa aims to operate climate neutrally by 2050

news Markets & Companies

With this year’s Sustainability Report, Tesa presents its agenda for greater sustainability. The company consid ...

microplastic

Microplastics from ship paints – “an underestima...

news Application Areas

A recent study by the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany, has revealed that most of the microplastic pa ...

Lanxess management makes sustainability its business

news Markets & Companies

A new system of compensation for the Board of Management has been in place since the beginning of the year: Roughly o ...

Are lignin-derived monomers and polymers truly sustainable?

news Coatings Technologies

A new review, aiming at scientists, industries and investors, strives to provide a critical outlook for the existing ...

Vegetable proteins as binders in paints and coatings

news Production & Lab

Just like cellulose, lignin and fats, proteins are renewable raw materials. Their potential for the chemical industry ...

Hempel: New Global Head of Renewable Energy

news People & Careers

David Heal joins Hempel to head up its renewable energy segment, as Hempel looks to strengthen its leadership positio ...

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