Products and technologies

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Evonik and SI Coatings Develop Water-based Primer for Polyamide Coatings

Evonik Industries and SI Coatings have developed a water-based primer for the pretreatment of steel prior to coating in the fluidized-bed process with VESTOSINT polyamide 12 powder.

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Perstorp To Increase Production Capacity for 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHA)

In order to meet the increasing market demand, Perstorp has announced that it will expand its production capacity of 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHA).

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Evonik Adds TEGO Humectant 7005 to its Additives Portfolio

Evonik has supplemented its additives portfolio with TEGO Humectant 7005, which combines effectiveness with low impact on coatings properties.

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Evonik Launches COATINO Campus, a New Knowledge Platform

The coatings and printing inks industry can now rely on COATING Campus, a new knowledge platform launched by Evonik to provide information about additives and formulations.

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Hempel Launches Hempafire Pro 400

Hempel has launched Hempafire Pro 400, a new passive fire protection coating optimised for 90 minutes of cellulosic fire protection.

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The Innovative Sames Kremlin's PaintSave Halves the Paint Lost to Colour Changes

40 cubic centimetres: that's about the volume of paint lost on a car line with each colour change. PaintSave by Sames Kremlin reduces it to 18 cc and allows to save tens of thousands of euros per year.

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Cortec Launches EcoClean Scale and Rust Remover

Cortec Corporation has launched EcoClean Biodegradable Scale and Rust Remover, which, powered by Nano-VpCI, allows to effectively dissolve heavy scale, corrosion and oxides off metals.

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Fluke Process Instruments Launches MP Linescanner

The new line of Fluke Process Instruments’ scanner provides accurate real-time thermal imaging with a scan speed up to 300 Hz.

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BASF and Lufthansa Develop a Surface Film that Mimics Shark’s Skin

Lufthansa Technik and BASF have successfully developed AeroSHARK, a surface technology that imitates the properties of sharkskin, allowing for an optimization of aerodynamics on flow-related parts of the aircraft.

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Axalta Rebranding Operation: the Launch of the Axalta Mobility Coatings Division

With the aim of supporting innovation processes and offering cutting-edge technologies and flexibility to withstand the evolving demands of OEM customers, the Transportation Coatings division has been rebranded Mobility Coatings.

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Sherwin-Williams Launches Echelon, a New Hyper Durable Powder Coatings Line

Echelon® is the new hyper-durable powder coatings series developed by Sherwin-Williams for architectural applications.

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Dürr Megtec Launches the Next Generation of its Wet Electrostatic Precipitator

Dürr Megtec recently released the next generation of its wet electrostatic precipitator (WESP), an air pollution control system that efficiently cleans industrial gases of fine particulate matter, acid mists and aerosols to meet global environmental regulations and protect downstream equipment.


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SAT Presents the C-Expert Powder Coating Booth

The new C-Expert booth is designed for powder coating of profiles with complex geometries and is perfectly integrated with the new SAT VISI-1 vision system for automatic powder coating.

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Cortec Launches the World’s First Compostable Corrosion Inhibiting Stretch Film

Adding to its commercially compostable film technologies, Cortec has recently launched EcoStretch, a corrosion-inhibiting stretch film powered by Nano VpCI.

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Timmer Launches timIOT for the Digitalization of Mechanical Pumps

Timmer has launched timIOT, a digital solution that allows monitoring and predictive maintenance of mechanical pumps.

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