Human stewardship of the Earth is undergoing a metamorphosis—and for very good reasons. The planet is getting hotter, and the situation is getting worse. How can the paint industry, whose products literally cover the Earth, re-engineer its products and processes toward a more sustainable future?

This article covers scrub resistance test methods, the differences between them, and their importance and necessity. Attention to these tests can help inform formulators about the importance of raw material selection for high-quality latex paint formulations.

Current CEO Wilfrid Gambade will now become Advisor to the Board of Directors.

The company hopes to accelerate the transition to a circular economy by building strong partnerships across value chains.  

OQ Chemicals has announced several price increases, citing the rise in energy prices and increased raw material costs as the reasons for the move.  

A new BASF production plant for the intermediate 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) at the Ludwigshafen Verbund site in Germany started regular operations in the fourth quarter of 2021. 

The trial version of COATINGCAT, a one-stop digital coating solution platform co-created by Covestro, BYK and Hexion, was launched recently under the motto "Digital Future, Accelerating Your Innovation."

Ascend Performance Materials announced plans to purchase a compounding facility in San Jose Iturbide, Mexico.