The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is testing four types of yellow and white soy-based paint on heavy-traffic asphalt and concrete highways in Missouri.

A regulatory compliance expert at Sherwin-Williams says there is a complete product line of already-proven products on the market meeting the requirements of Southern California, the most restrictive jurisdiction.

A lot of focus and resources have been put into the development of new products that have low or virtually undetectable VOC content.

With growing concerns about indoor air pollution and the increasing exposure to chemicals in the home, Cherokee Investment Partners’ green research team deliberated heavily when deciding how to coat the recycled drywalls in the National Homebuilder Mainstream GreenHomeTM.

Many regions of the world are responding to regulations by switching their soft-touch coating chemistry to waterborne formulations.

Modern façade paints must be weather resistant, diffusible and feature long-lasting fastness.

“Eco-friendly corrosion inhibitors” should not contain heavy metals, non reportable compounds or ingredients, and be green-label compliant and also zinc free.

Exploring inorganic silicone-based chemistry has led to the development of a silicone-epoxy hybrid polymer, which combines the properties of both organic and inorganic compounds in a new class of resins for protective coatings.

This paper won the Best Paper Award at the 11th Annual Coatings for Plastics Symposium, Chicago, April 2008.