Purac has introduced its renewable PURALACT™ lactide as a monomer for creating sustainable coating resins.

A long-term project was initiated to better understand the corrosion protective performance of coatings formulated from various types of acrylate monomers and oligomers.

RHODIA presented its newest offering of additives for low-VOC sustainable coatings, including the Sipomer® range of specialty monomers.

The binders used in water-based paints are traditionally produced by emulsion polymerization.

SR217 is a monofunctional monomer for UV/EB applications with very low viscosity and surface tension.

PURALACT® special-grade lactides provide reduced resin viscosity, allowing for coatings formulations with higher solid content, lower VOCs and improved ease-of-use.

This article reports on the performance results of acrylated monomers and oligomers when subjected to typical end-use tests designed to measure the flexibility and adhesion characteristics of coatings.

Arkema products and technologies for the global coatings industry are on display at Booth #500.

Sartomer USA, LLC researchers William Schaeffer and Michael Bailey are giving technical presentations at the American Coatings Show. Sartomer is also showcasing specialty (meth)acrylate monomers and oligomers for low-VOC cure-in-place coatings at booth #500.

New regulations, market needs and customer requirements demand new emulsion formulations that are low in VOC content. Many of these new formulations use hydrophobic monomers that present significant challenges regarding productivity and monomer conversion.