Researchers have developed a coating technique that they plan to use to protect turbine engine and waste incinerator components against heat and oxidation. A topcoat from micro-scaled hollow aluminum oxide spheres provides heat insulation, in the lab, already proved more economical than conventional techniques.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) December 10, 2014, in Washington, DC.
PaintSolutions, Commerce, CA., a division of inksolution llc. of Elk Grove Village, IL., has acquired the Synkoloid patch and repair product line from The Muralo Paint Co.
Quest Automotive Products (QAP), a member of the Quest Specialty Chemicals group, has hired Hermon Ferrell to be the company’s new Director of Product & Color Management.
Evonik Corp.’s Inorganic Materials Business Unit has announced new agreements with The Cary Co. and Dorsett & Jackson Inc. to broaden distribution of its silica products in the U.S. Midwest and Western regions, respectively.
AkzoNobel is part of a major Dutch partnership working with Canada's Enerkem to explore the use of waste streams as a feedstock for chemical production and the development of waste-to-chemicals facilities.
DuPont Titanium Technologies, part of DuPont's Performance Chemicals segment, announced that it remains on track to complete the planned expansion of its existing high-efficiency, low-cost titanium dioxide (TiO2) facility in Altamira, Mexico, in 2015.