Using international sustainability standards, EcoVadis has rated more than 100,000 companies globally across all industries and sizes.

According to the report, the need for sustainable manufacturing solutions is driving the growing market interest in self-healing materials, polymers, and coatings.

1^st Source will add experimental capabilities to EPCEd’s portfolio, including new product development, formulation capabilities, and analytical and testing services.

The new era of hard foul release marine coatings can maintain an optimal CII rating for vessel owners through superior mechanical properties and the ability to maintain low hull roughness and skin-friction drag. 

A unique compound based on a new self-matting PU dispersion (PUD) offers excellent physical and chemical performance. This PUD is optimized to meet the latest requirements for anti-soiling and coffee stain resistance for automotive interior finishes.

Moving to more environmentally benign monomers is essential for the continuation of a highly beneficial relationship with polymers. This shift creates an opportunity to simultaneously access new property profiles. New polyols synthesized using a high-purity isosorbide illustrate what is possible. 

Learn how one company transforms reclaimed materials into highly valuable, non-toxic, sustainable, recyclable, and price-competitive binders for use in paints, coatings, adhesives, and flooring products.

Elastomeric roof coatings have been used for many years to extend the useful life of several types of roofing substrates. The roof coatings market has seen significant growth, driven by the “cool roof” movement. This article describes the use of very hydrophobic highly branched vinyl esters for high-performance binders for elastomeric coatings.

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based topcoats have long been the choice of architects and specifiers who are seeking superior weatherability. Arkema, Inc. has developed water-based PVDF-acrylic hybrid dispersions to meet the need of resins applied in the field or over temperature-sensitive substrates.

This article discusses relating the colloidal stability of latexes to the ionic strength of the aqueous phase via the “critical coagulation concentration.