- Plastics coatings grow: as the demand for plastics
grows, so has the market for coating applied to plastic
substrates.
In North America, as the demand for plastics has grown, so has the market for coatings applied to plastic materials. According to the ChemQuest Group, a management consulting firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio, the plastic substrate coatings market totalled $958 million based on a volume of 32 million gallons. As ......
- Chem News
BASF CEO: More consolidation coming "The chemical industry is still highly fragmented," said Juergen Hambrecht, CEO of German chemical giant BASF in a recent interview. According to a Reuters report, Hambrecht bases that forecast on the fact that the world's 10 biggest chemical companies have a combined market share of ......
- Product listings.
Raw Materials CHEMICAL SPECIALTIES Abrasives/Anti-Skid American Fillers and Abrasives/R.J. Marshall The Armakleen Company, Armex Div. Ceroglass Technologies, Inc. Clariant Corp., BS Plastics, Specialty Polymers BU E & B Inc. Maxi-Blast, Inc. Michelman Micro Powders, Inc. Nissan Chemical America Corp. Pacer Corp. Shamrock Technologies, Inc. Sukgyung A-T Co., Ltd. 20 Microns, ......
- A lasting design: pressure to further reduce VOC
emissions has had a negative impact on the exterior durability
characteristics of emulsion polymer coatings. But, says Matthew S
Gebhard, heterogeneous...
Over the years the optimisation of waterborne emulsion polymers has resulted in waterborne coatings with excellent exterior durability and significantly reduced solvent emissions versus solventborne coatings. In recent years, pressure to further reduce emissions has necessitated the use of softer polymer compositions that can negatively impact gloss and tint retention, ......
- Raw materials.
Chemical Specialties Abrasives/Anti-Skid American Fillers and Abrasives, Inc. The Armakleen Co., Armex Div. AZ-TEK Oxides LLC Clariant Corp., Pigments & Additive Div. Specialty Polymers BU Command Chemical Corp. Densimix Inc. E & B Inc. Electro Abrasives Corp. Intercorp, Inc. Jet Wheelblast Equipment Kion Corp., Polysilazane Resins Div. Maxi-Blast, Inc. Michelman, ......
- EPA promulgates several NESHAPs
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a number of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) to reduce toxic air pollutants, several of which affect chemical processing industries. After publication in the Federal Register (which had not yet occurred as of presstime), existing facilities will have ......
- FASTENERS & ADHESIVES.
ADHESIVES AlliedSignal, ADCO American Technologies International Avery Dennison, Industrial and Automotive Products B.F. Goodrich Co., Specialty Plastics Bayer Corporation, Automotive Products Ctr. Bayer Corporation, Polyurethanes Div. Bemis Associates Inc., Shirley BF Goodrich Specialty Chemicals, ESTANE TPU Bostik, Automotive & Industrial Div. Brady Worldwide, Identification Solutions Div, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Performance ......