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Mitigating Personnel Challenges through Strategic Partnerships

Personnel roles within specialty chemicals and advanced materials require specialized know-how and skills, making it incredibly difficult to find knowledgeable and experienced people to fill key positions. Unfortunately, not having fully staffed and skilled teams in place jeopardizes your company’s ability to succeed over the long term. How many potentially impactful initiatives have been abandoned due to a lack of internal resources? Too many, without a doubt.

Matching Powder Coatings to End-Use Applications: A Practical Overview

Selecting the correct powder coating for a specific end-use application is critical but can be a mystery to applicators, product developers, and end users due to the variety of chemistries and industry terminology. Gaining a fundamental understanding of why certain powder coatings are used for specific applications can help you make more informed decisions.

Achieving Success through Data-Driven Decision Making

Several variables, including a company’s objectives and the available types and quality of data, affect how precisely data may be incorporated into the decision-making process. Every contemporary company should work to optimize their data-driven decision making to ensure profitable growth.

The PFAS Uproar: PFAS Here, PFAS There, PFAS is Absolutely Everywhere!

The PFAS Uproar: PFAS Here, PFAS There, PFAS is Absolutely Everywhere!

Multiple sources maintain that there are anywhere between 3,700-14,000 members in the PFAS family of fluorine-containing chemical compounds, depending upon which study one consults. The most consistently quoted number is 4,730; it is, however, of great importance that all parties recognize that the major issue is not the total number of family members that are contained within the definition of PFAS.

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ASTM Tape Adhesion Testing: The Tape Conundrum

ASTM Tape Adhesion Testing: The Tape Conundrum

Since the 1930s, the most prevalent test for the evaluation of coating adhesion has been the manual tape-and-peel test. Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape (initially 3M™ 710 until it was discontinued in the mid-1930s) is uniformly pressed against a coating. Once the tape is peeled off, the amount of film removed from the substrate observed on the tape or the sample is rated against various photographic or rating standards.

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Improving Global Health with Coatings Technology

Improving Global Health with Coatings Technology

Specialized paints can provide mechanisms for maintaining hygiene that prevent disease spread, protect water and sanitation systems, reduce the spread of fire, improve indoor air quality, and help to ensure the safety of the food supply chain. Other areas like lead abatement and infrastructure protection only add to the value provided by specialized coatings.

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Selecting the Right Outdoor-Durable Powder Coating

Selecting the Right Outdoor-Durable Powder Coating

Choosing an exterior-durable powder coating can be a daunting task. Some powder pundits assign the descriptor “outdoor durable” on a product without a thorough understanding of what this really means. In practice, it is important to consider the differing levels of exterior durability and which powder chemistries meet which quality specifications.

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WEBINAR: Previewing the U.S. Market Analysis for the Paint and Coatings Industry

WEBINAR: Previewing the U.S. Market Analysis for the Paint and Coatings Industry

This webinar previews the upcoming U.S. Market Analysis for the Paint and Coatings Industry, 2023-2028, which was prepared for the American Coatings Association by the ChemQuest Group. This leading industry market study features extensive coverage of the Architectural, OEM, and Special Purpose Coatings sectors, including analysis and market dynamics; end-use markets; economic and technology influences; key buying factors; as well as market forecasts.

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Breaking the Ice: The Innovative World of Icephobic Coatings

Breaking the Ice: The Innovative World of Icephobic Coatings

Icephobicity is defined as the ability of a solid surface to repel ice or prevent ice-film formation due to topographical structures at the ice-surface interface. Icephobic coatings are formulated to ensure that ice doesn’t accumulate on or strongly attach to a surface. In fact, fully functional icephobic coatings operate on several different levels. They can have the ability to repel water droplets, delay ice nucleation, and/or reduce ice adhesion.

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