With greater flexibility than limited traditional equipment, modern, multi-functional instruments can ensure reliable coating performance by measuring critical characteristics like friction, peel, wear, and scratch resistance.
The fire-retardant and fire-suppression coatings market explore the use of expandable graphite flakes that can be used in multiple layers of the composite.
Grace Matthews reports on continued challenges and opportunities ahead in 2023 after low levels of M&A activity in 2022 due to high interest rates, global economic uncertainty, political instability, and other factors.
Dispersing agents that are suitable for all types of pigments create opportunities to simplify the process of producing high-performance waterborne pigment preparations without the need for extensive pre-testing phases.
A coatings market case study demonstrates business decision-making using a tool that fuses cutting-edge research methodology with sector knowledge in order to achieve better results.
Increased regulatory pressure around the use of fluorosurfactants has led to a search for alternative surfactants that still provide good wetting and leveling attributes.
Learn how the amount of actual dispersant added on pigment solids will have an effect on tinting power, stability, compatibility of formulations, and other properties.
This article discusses how to control and quantify the amount of mixed polymer content as it can directly relate to the final morphology of the latex particles during polymerization.
The CPCA discusses upcoming Canadian TiO2 regulatory assessments in the wake of the European Union’s recent related decisions, specifically surrounding TiO2 carcinogen classification.