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DENIOS Falcon IBC Funnels Now Available in Additional Colors

August 21, 2024

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The chemically resistant polyethylene (PE) funnels are now available in grey, high-visibility yellow, and red.

BioPowder Expands Capabilities with Gebrüder Dorfner Partnership

June 15, 2023

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The company’s paint, coatings, and composite customers will gain access to high-performance renewable additives as a result of the partnership.

Olive Stone Powders: A Natural, Sustainable Option for the Paint & Coatings Industry

From waste stream to high-performance functional powders

Kathrin Schilling

June 1, 2023

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Amidst a global push for sustainability, the paint and coatings industry now provides natural, sustainable options that can enhance physical and mechanical properties of coating formulations. The source material of some of these innovations even include a circular raw material: the olive pit.

Gloss Control of Powder Coatings

by Engineered Mineral Fillers

William Mertens

October 3, 2019

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The use of barites is a proven method for accurate control of gloss in the high- to medium-gloss range. ATH is the product of choice for gloss control when the relatively high density of barite is undesired, or in applications where improved resistance to water spotting is an issue.

Choosing the Right Pasta for Your Powder Coating Dish

Kevin Biller

February 1, 2019

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Fillers, just like pasta, are used to extend the formula or dish, establishing that fine balance between the performance of a coating and the overall cost of the formula.

Filler from Huber/Martiswerk

January 1, 2019

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Martoxid TM-4250 thermally conductive filler can increase orientation-independent (isotropic) thermal conductivity in PA6 and PA66 up to 2.5 W/mK (in-plane and through plane).

Sibelco Announces Price Increase

December 28, 2018

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Prices for all MINEX®, IMSIL®, SNOBRITE®, MINBLOC®, PORTARYTE®, PORTAFLAME® and PORTAFILL® branded functional filler products commercialized by Sibelco in North America will raise effective Feb. 1, 2019, or as contracts allow.

Unimin Corp. Raises Prices

December 26, 2017

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Unimin Corp., New Canaan, Connecticut, will raise prices for all MINEX^®, IMSIL^®, SNOBRITE^® and MINBLOC^® brand functional filler products effective Feb. 1, 2018, unless contractual agreements apply.

Spherical Precipitated Silica

Next-Generation Particle Morphology for Performance in Coatings

Ronald Romer

January 3, 2017

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This new silica technology addresses longstanding challenges in manufacturing and also avails a new range of functional silica and silicate products with unique performance profiles that help formulators realize new value in synthetic silica technology.