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Robby Gordon’s No. 7 car featured the logo and shimmering brilliant look of Planet Color®, the custom color paint system from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp.

Flame retardant systems based on phosphinates are an excellent alternative to conventional products.

We can identify four distinct areas of consideration; these relate to the machine or mill, the method of operation, the formula of product processed and the milling media used.

There are several properties that can be achieved and substantial benefits gained from using glass flake barrier fillers in coatings.

The innovative topcoat Intercure® 99 from International Paint, part of AkzoNobel, will give the 30,000-square-meter surface of this steel structure long-term protection from corrosion.

The UK-based NETZSCH Project Engineering team, assisted by German colleagues in machinery design and laboratory testing, brought together a turnkey plant of 32 machines and ancillaries on time and on budget.

Coatings may be analyzed, even as finished products that have been dried and cured, using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry when coupled to a pyrolyzer.

The anti-graffiti coating allows maintenance crews to remove graffiti with a simple wipe of mineral spirits, while preserving the coating and metal underneath.

A leading military aircraft manufacturer wanted to standardize its spray guns and use one gun for all coatings.

When Gulf Air chose a special livery to mark its sponsorship of the 2008 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, the airline selected AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings to supply the very specific finish the imaginative design demanded.