Items Tagged with 'bio-based'

The coating additives market is set to expand due to increasing demand for waterborne products, bio-based solutions and corrosion protection across key industries.

Innovative reactive surfactants enhance water resistance and stability in waterborne coatings, marking a significant technological advancement in emulsion polymerization.

New technologies in bio-based and recycled feedstocks are driving the next generation of sustainable coatings amid evolving EU regulations.

Locus Fermentation Solutions gains TSCA expansion, enabling U.S. production of sustainable biosurfactants for agriculture, personal care, and industrial applications.

The company achieved a new milestone in its sustainability journey with certification of its Nansha site in China, enabling the launch of a new range of bio-attributed UV/LED/EB curable resins. 

Being able to reduce the amount of petroleum-based solvents in a product and replace them with gentler bio-based material such as canola oil is a great option. Learn about new bio-based rust preventatives. 

BASF’s bio-based EA is produced in Ludwigshafen using bio-ethanol exclusively as alcohol source. The chemical and technical specifications of the new bio-based product are identical with the traditional fossil-based version. 

In an exclsuive PCI Magazine interview, Patrick Van Waes, Global Marketing Director for Primient Covation LLC, explores the dynamic growth and future prospects of bio-based materials in the coatings industry, including the market's development, the rising demand for sustainable alternatives, and the evolving performance of bio-based materials compared to their petroleum-based counterparts.

The new product enables coatings and ink formulators to achieve outstanding pigment dispersion and stability, while enabling ever-stringent sustainability initiatives for 100% solids systems and a wide range of solvent-based systems.

BASF is now able to produce more than 60 products related to this portfolio with one or more sustainability attributes, including ISCC+ certification.