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Materials scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and their colleagues in China have developed an ice-prevention coating inspired by the way Antarctic fish species keep their blood from freezing. Their study, which is […]

AkzoNobel has entered into a partnership with French early stage startup Les Companions, which is focused on developing a paint robot capable of working on interior walls. The technology will help painters complete jobs faster […]

Master Builders Solutions will be presenting innovative concrete-admixture solutions at the BetonTage exhibition in Ulm, Germany, in February. This year’s focus will be on concrete admixtures for esthetically demanding architectural facades and feature products including […]

PPG has announced an agreement to acquire Illinois-based Alpha Coating Technologies, manufacturer of powder coatings for light industrial applications and heat sensitive substrates. The acquisition should close in the first quarter of 2020. Alpha was […]

UK Family Business, BA Caulkett, scooped up the visitors at this year’s LAMMA Show. The company’s buckets coated in HMG Paints’ Raincoat 2, a high quality, high build, anti-corrosive one coat finish, were topped with […]

Pressure-sensitive paint is being used as part of testing NASA’s most advanced launch vehicle, to be used in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to explore deep space. At NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, […]

Shannon Group plc is on target to complete a new €18 million, 92,000 sq ft specialist aircraft painting hangar at Shannon Airport, adjacent to Shannon Free Zone and capable of accommodating some of the world’s […]

Corrosion protection specialists Cortec have announced their VpCI®-386 coating, a fast drying, water-based acrylic one coat system (topcoat) that can be applied DTM (direct to metal) for corrosion protection in outdoor unsheltered applications. It offers […]

The SSPC has issued an update for members on its ongoing discussions with NACE leadership regarding a possible combined association. For 70 years, SSPC and NACE have represented distinct parts of the asset protection industry. […]

Having previously seen their coatings on track at events such as the Le Mans 24 Hours and the X-Games, Manchester based HMG Paints’ coatings will be heading to the Speedway track in 2020. The companies […]