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Lubrizol Introduces Sancure™ 20898 Polyurethane Dispersion for Packaging Coatings

Lubrizol’s Sancure™ 20898 is specifically designed for packaging coatings, offering a new benchmark in performance and versatility.

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Elementis Expanded its Portfolio with Biobased Polyurethane Thickeners RHEOLATE® Biobased NiSAT

These thickeners from Elementis are designed to meet the growing demand for sustainable solutions in the architectural paints and coatings industry.

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2025 International Coatings Industry Expo and Surface Finishing Expo Announced

The ICIE and SF EXPO trade fairs will take place at the Canton Fair Complex from 17th to 19th June 2025.

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Venator Obtained the EcoVadis ‘Gold Rating’ for the Second Consecutive Year

The new sustainability rating places Venator in top 5% of all the companies assessed by Ecovadis.

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Birla Carbon Inaugurates the First Asian Post-Treatment Plant for Carbon Blacks

The new state-of-the-art plant of Birla Carbon will offer specialty carbon products for the local coatings and inks markets.

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Mitsubishi Chemical Group Introduced the Upgraded Biomass-based Polycarbonatediol BENEBiOL

The new BENEBiOL™ contributes to the sustainable formulations of paints and coatings while maintaining high-quality functions.

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Arkema Launches New Ethyl Acrylates Based Entirely on Bio-Ethanol

Arkema will produce ethyl acrylate for paints and coatings exclusively from bio-ethanol sustainably sourced from bio-mass feedstock.

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LB Group to Showcase Titanium Dioxide Pigments for Architectural Coatings

LB Group will promote its wide range of TiO2 pigments for paints, coatings, and inks at the Highly-functional Material Week Tokyo.

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Evonik and BASF Agree on First Delivery of Biomass-balanced Ammonia with Reduced CO2 Footprint

BASF provides its biomass-balanced BMBcert ammonia in order to reduce the product carbon footprint of Evonik eCO range.

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EPS Lunched a New Acrylic Resin for Architectural Coatings

The new polymer developed by EPS is ideal for exterior applications due to its exceptional resistance to dirt pickup.

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Evonik Introduced TEGO® Wet 570 Terra and TEGO® Wet 580 Terra Biosurfactants for Paints and Inks

The new 100% natural and EU-Ecolabel compliant biosurfactants from Evonik ensure excellent performance in water-based coatings and inks.

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EPA Finalises Risk Evaluation for Paints and Coatings Containing TCEP

EPA identifies significant health risks in paints and coatings containing flame retardant TCEP, prompting regulatory action.

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Univar Solutions Will Distribute BASF’s Baxxodur® Products in North-America

The addition of Baxxodur® polyetheramines to Univar Solutions' CASE portfolio will help meet the growing demand for accelerating and curing agents for epoxies and polyureas.

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Evonik Introduced Ancamide® 2853 & 2865 Epoxy Curing Agents to Its Portfolio

The newly-developed Ancamide® 2853 & 2865 sustainable epoxy curing agents from Evonik can deliver good flexibility, strength and fast curing speed for the coatings industry.

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OQ Chemicals Launched Oxvolt S221 Co-Solvent for Water-Based Electrode Coatings

The newly developed co-solvent for water-based coatings from OQ Chemicals helps prevent cracking in high-energy electrodes used in lithium-ion batteries.

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