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PPG Strengthens Aerospace Coatings Business through Completion of Deft Acquisition

PPG Strengthens Aerospace Coatings Business through Completion of Deft Acquisition

PPG Industries announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of certain assets of Deft Incorporated, a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, Calif. Financial terms were not disclosed. [More]

Consortium on New Concept for a Solar Thermal Collector

The consortium aims to obtain a new solar thermal collector, in the form of coating or covering building systems that face the main limitations of the current market, to reduce the risks of overheating in periods of h... [More]
BASF Supplies Basecoats and Clearcoats to Ford Otosan Plant in Kocaeli, Turkey

BASF Supplies Basecoats and Clearcoats to Ford Otosan Plant in Kocaeli, Turkey

BASF has acquired new business with Ford Otosan and has supplied basecoats and clearcoats for the company’s plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, since the beginning of this year. Ford Otosan, the leader of Turkish automotive industry, is positioned as the commercial vehicles production hub of Ford Europe. [More]
New UV-C-Reflective Wall Coating Reduces Time Necessary for Room Decontamination

New UV-C-Reflective Wall Coating Reduces Time Necessary for Room Decontamination

A recent study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ( William A. Rutala , Ph.D., MPH, et al., 2013) confirms the ability of a new UV-C-reflective wall coating to dramatically reduce the time necessary to decontaminate a room using the UV-C-emitting device TRU-D SmartUVC™. [More]
New Energy Achieves Breakthrough in Mini-Module Spray-on Device Fabrication of Solar Windows

New Energy Achieves Breakthrough in Mini-Module Spray-on Device Fabrication of Solar Windows

New Energy Technologies, Inc., developer of see-through solar cells for generating electricity on glass windows, today announced that researchers have successfully achieved faster fabrication time, improved transparency, and a two-fold increase in power conversion efficiency. [More]
Complex Evolution of Foamy Bubbles Described Mathematically

Complex Evolution of Foamy Bubbles Described Mathematically

Bubble baths and soapy dishwater, the refreshing head on a beer and the luscious froth on a cappuccino. All are foams, beautiful yet ephemeral as the bubbles pop one by one. [More]
Micro Auto Paint and Supply Honored as BASF’s ColorSource Distributor of the Year

Micro Auto Paint and Supply Honored as BASF’s ColorSource Distributor of the Year

BASF’s Automotive Refinish business awarded its 2012 ColorSource Distributor of the Year Award to Micro Auto Paint and Supply based in Highland Park, Michigan at its annual ColorSource™ Conference on April 19th in Clearwater Beach, Florida. [More]
New Report on Next-Generation Flexible Thin-film Solar Cell Technology and Market

New Report on Next-Generation Flexible Thin-film Solar Cell Technology and Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Next-Generation Flexible Thin-film Solar Cell Technology and Market Forecast (2009-2020)" report to their offering. [More]
PCD&F Honors Dow’s MICROFILL THF-100 Electrolytic Copper with NPI Award

PCD&F Honors Dow’s MICROFILL THF-100 Electrolytic Copper with NPI Award

Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, announced today that its MICROFILL™ THF-100 Electrolytic Copper received the New Product Introduction (NPI) Award from Printed Circuit Design and Fab Magazine (PCD&F) in the plating category. [More]
Materion Commences Construction on Wafer Level Coating Cell with Infrared Coating Chambers

Materion Commences Construction on Wafer Level Coating Cell with Infrared Coating Chambers

Materion Barr Precision Optics & Thin Film Coatings, a Materion Corporation business, announced today the current construction of a 3,000-square-foot class 1000 clean room outfitted with the market’s latest infrared coating chambers and 3D patterning equipment. [More]
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