Sherwin-Williams to Win Notable Vaaler Award for CUI-Mitigation Coatings

The new line of Heat-Flex® CUI-mitigation coatings from Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine has earned a prestigious Vaaler Award from Chemical Processing for its ability to mitigate the dangerous condition of corrosion under insulation (CUI). The Vaaler Awards honor products and services that offer dramatic improvements for chemical plant operations. Among all currently available coating formulations, Heat-Flex® ACE (Advanced CUI Epoxy) performs the best at mitigating CUI in a variety of tests. The ultra-high-solids epoxy … Continue reading Sherwin-Williams to Win Notable Vaaler Award for CUI-Mitigation Coatings

Axalta’s Sustainable Electrocoat (e-coat) Technology Wins 2023 BIG Innovation Award

Patented AquaEC® Flex has low VOC and enables mass production of electric vehicles Broad bake technology designed for complex vehicle structures provides corrosion protection and flexibility GLEN MILLS, Pa., Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global coatings company, today announced that its AquaEC® Flex Broad Bake Electrocoat won a 2023 BIG Innovation Award presented by the Business Intelligence Group (BIG). The annual business … Continue reading Axalta’s Sustainable Electrocoat (e-coat) Technology Wins 2023 BIG Innovation Award

Evonik receives the 2022 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for TEGO® Foamex 812

Evonik has received the 2022 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for its TEGO® Foamex 812, a new defoamer designed specifically for waterborne coating and printing ink formulations. This new product is a perfect example to showcase Evonik’s sustainability strategy for the paints, coatings and inks industry. It focuses on a minimized environmental impact and a maximized handprint by enabling formulators to develop high performance and … Continue reading Evonik receives the 2022 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for TEGO® Foamex 812

PPG to receive 2 prestigious awards from British Coatings Federation

PPG announced that it has been honored with British Coatings Federation (BCF) awards in the Sustainable Innovation and Marketing Campaign of the Year categories. The prestigious awards recognize excellence in companies and individuals working in the coatings sector.  The novel PPG MOONWALK® robotic system for mixing automotive refinish coatings earned first place in the Sustainable Innovation category. The award recognizes commitment to sustainability through the launch of … Continue reading PPG to receive 2 prestigious awards from British Coatings Federation

New BYK defoamer BYK-1789 to win Ringier Award

BYK-1789, the new solvent-free and silicone-containing BYK defoamer, was awarded the prestigious “Ringier Technology Innovation Award 2021” in the “Coatings Industry” category in China. The award ceremony has been held in Shanghai on May 12, 2021. BYK-1789 is a 100% defoamer that has been specially developed for aqueous corrosion protection coatings. It is highly compatible despite its strong effect, supports substrate wetting, and is extremely effective … Continue reading New BYK defoamer BYK-1789 to win Ringier Award

Nano-Clear® Industrial Coating to Win PaintSquare’s Prestige Award for “Top Coating Product for Steel”

Nano-Clear® NCI Industrial Coating has been awarded PaintSquare’s Prestige Award in the Top Product for Steel category.  The Prestige Awards recognizes the best of the best products within the protective, marine and industrial coatings industry across the globe. “It is an honor to receive the PaintSquare Prestige Award, said Thomas Choate, Founder of Nanovere Technologies.  Our Nano-Clear® NCI Coating for Industrial Applications was designed to dramatically … Continue reading Nano-Clear® Industrial Coating to Win PaintSquare’s Prestige Award for “Top Coating Product for Steel”

British Coatings Federation to announce winners of 2020 Coatings Care awards

AkzoNobel Decorative Coatings and Sun Chemical have won the 2020 British Coatings Federation (BCF) Coatings Care Awards. Whilst the BCF Awards will resume in full next year, winners of the BCF’s Coatings Care Awards were celebrated remotely in November. The Coatings Care programme recognises improvements in the performance of the coatings and printing ink industries across 45 KPIs in the fields of the environment, safety, … Continue reading British Coatings Federation to announce winners of 2020 Coatings Care awards

Evonik to receive the 2020 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for AEROSIL® Fumed Silica Dispersion VP. Disp. WF 7620

Evonik has received the 2020 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for its AEROSIL® Fumed Silica Dispersion VP. Disp. WF 7620, a new rheology control dispersion designed specifically for waterborne systems. Waterborne coatings have gained a significant recognition globally due to eco-friendliness. However, how to improve the rheology performance of water-based coatings is one of the big challenges faced for the waterborne formulation. VP Disp. WF … Continue reading Evonik to receive the 2020 Ringier Coating Technology Innovation Award for AEROSIL® Fumed Silica Dispersion VP. Disp. WF 7620

Nano-Care to win the German Innovation Award 2019 in the field of antimicrobial coatings to prevent life-threatening infections

Nanotechnology company Nano-Care Deutschland AG was honored on 28.05.2019 with the German Innovation Award 2019 at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin for its new innovation in the field of antimicrobial coatings to prevent life-threatening infections caused by microorganisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA “staph infections”). The new technology – “Liquid Guard” – which will be launched worldwide, including in the United … Continue reading Nano-Care to win the German Innovation Award 2019 in the field of antimicrobial coatings to prevent life-threatening infections

BYK-3450 and BYK-3451 honored in China with a top-class industry award

Two new BYK additives, which have been developed primarily for the printing inks and inkjet inks segment, have won a Ringier Technology Innovation Award this May, one of the most prestigious industry awards in China. At the award ceremony in Shanghai, special attention was drawn to their groundbreaking wetting properties and broad compatibility in aqueous systems for the graphics and coating industries. Both additives are … Continue reading BYK-3450 and BYK-3451 honored in China with a top-class industry award

Axalta’s Acquire Quantum™ EFX and Voltaprem 5000 to win Edison Awards for Revolutionary Innovations

Axalta (NYSE: AXTA), a leading manufacturer of powder and liquid coatings, is pleased to have won two Edison Best New Products™ awards at a ceremony in New York City last night honoring products that demonstrate excellence in technological innovation, new product and service development, marketing, and human-centered design. Axalta’s Acquire™ Quantum EFX won Bronze and Voltaprem 5000 won Silver in the Materials Science and Engineering … Continue reading Axalta’s Acquire Quantum™ EFX and Voltaprem 5000 to win Edison Awards for Revolutionary Innovations

PPG honored with three Chairman’s Awards from Metal Construction Association

 PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it received three 2018 Chairman’s Awards – including the top honor – from the Metal Construction Association (MCA) during the organization’s winter meeting in Key Largo, Florida, Jan. 14-16. PPG was the only coatings manufacturer recognized with awards. PPG received the highest honor for the Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center at Cornell Tech, which earned the Chairman’s Award for Overall … Continue reading PPG honored with three Chairman’s Awards from Metal Construction Association

VYNGUARD® Polycarbonate Anti-Microbial Coating Wins Coating Industry Award

The newest VYNGUARD® formulation from APV Engineered Coatings has been recognized by the coatings industry in the inaugural PaintSquare Prestige Award as the Top Product winner in the award program’s Specialty Function Coatings category. VYNGUARD® Polycarbonate Anti-Microbial, launched to OEMs in June, is a factory-applied coating technology designed to resist degradation caused by gram-negative and positive bacteria on coating flexible vinyl and PVC surfaces. The top finish … Continue reading VYNGUARD® Polycarbonate Anti-Microbial Coating Wins Coating Industry Award

Axalta Wins PaintSquare’s Prestige Award for General Industrial Product Selector App

Axalta (NYSE: AXTA) has been awarded PaintSquare’s Prestige Award in the Top Innovations category for its General Industrial Product Selector app, Systex. The Prestige Awards recognizes the most important people, products and innovations in the protective, marine and industrial coatings industry across the globe. “It’s a great honor to be recognized for this award,” said Kristen Boyd, Industrial Marketing Manager, North America. “Our product selector … Continue reading Axalta Wins PaintSquare’s Prestige Award for General Industrial Product Selector App

Carboline Accepts Frost & Sullivan Award for North American Anti-Corrosion Coatings New Product Innovation

Carboline is a global leader in coatings, linings, and fireproofing, and last night accepted the North American Anti-Corrosion Coatings New Product Innovation Award at Frost & Sullivan’s 2018 Best Practices Awards Gala. Frost & Sullivan is recognizing Carboline for the newly introduced, best-in-class Carbozinc® 608 HB and Carboquick® 200 products. Carbozinc 608 HB is the industry’s only hybrid zinc primer that can be applied at … Continue reading Carboline Accepts Frost & Sullivan Award for North American Anti-Corrosion Coatings New Product Innovation

NeverFade® Façade Restoration Coatings Win Prestigious Architectural Industry Award

NeverFade® Façade Restoration Coatings with Kynar Aquatec® have been recognized by Architectural Products Magazine as a 2018 Product Innovation Award (PIA) winner. The exterior coating system also earned a Special Citation for Sustainability. The Architectural Products PIA champions product ingenuity in the building environment. Winning products and projects were chosen by a panel of 16 judges including architects, interior designers, lighting designers and veteran A/E/C … Continue reading NeverFade® Façade Restoration Coatings Win Prestigious Architectural Industry Award

Synthomer wins the renowned Future Textile Award 2018

For its groundbreaking Litex QuickShield™ technology, Synthomer wins the category “Best Innovation in Textile Chemistry” of the renowned Future Textile Awards 2018. The awards are handed out on an annual basis by the World Textile Information Network (WTIN), honouring cutting-edge products, processes and treatments in the technical textiles industries. The jury praised Litex QuickShield™ “as a great innovation that supports the environment through the reduction … Continue reading Synthomer wins the renowned Future Textile Award 2018

BYK Team Wins ALTANA Innovation Award 2018 for New Additive Product Line

The winning team prevailed against 14 competitors from all ALTANA divisions The strong innovative strength of the additive flagship product BYK®-3560 extends BYK’s leading market position The specialty chemicals company ALTANA presented the ALTANA Innovation Award for the seventh time. This year, the redevelopment of specific additives was awarded. As an international team of the BYK division, Byungdu Bae, Dr. Marc Eberhardt, Mark Heekeren and Dr. Guillaume … Continue reading BYK Team Wins ALTANA Innovation Award 2018 for New Additive Product Line

Demilec (USA) Inc. Named Winner of 2018 Polyurethane Innovation Award

The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) today announced Demilec (USA) Inc. as the winner of the 2018 Polyurethane Innovation Award. Demilec’s winning entry, one of three finalists, was announced during the closing session of the 2018 Polyurethanes Technical Conference in Atlanta. “CPI’s Innovation Award is a top honor in the polyurethanes industry,” said Lee Salamone, senior director of CPI. “Demilec embodies … Continue reading Demilec (USA) Inc. Named Winner of 2018 Polyurethane Innovation Award

First biobased coating hardener for lightfast polyurethane coatings: Covestro receives MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award 2018

Covestro experts Hiep Tran (second from right) and Nusret Yuval (second from left) are much pleased about receiving the MATERIALICA Design +Technology Award 2018, in the “CO2 Efficiency” category. At eMove360° Europe 2018, the international trade fair for Mobility 4.0 in Munich, Covestro was awarded one of the coveted MATERIALICA Design + Technology Awards 2018. With the world’s first biobased hardener for lightfast polyurethane coatings, … Continue reading First biobased coating hardener for lightfast polyurethane coatings: Covestro receives MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award 2018

WACKER Confers Innovation Award for the Development of Novel Binders for Adhesives and Coatings

Munich-based chemical group WACKER has conferred this year’s Alexander Wacker Innovation Award on Dr. Lars Zander and Dr. Volker Stanjek from the WACKER SILICONES business division in recognition of their work on the development of new binders. The chemists found a way to combine hard phenyl silicone resins with elastic hybrid polymers so as to produce products with enhanced property profiles. Such binders are well … Continue reading WACKER Confers Innovation Award for the Development of Novel Binders for Adhesives and Coatings

BYK-3560 and BYK-3565: Primed for Success!

This year’s “BYK Advance” prize has been awarded to the team behind the development of a new family of hydrophilic additives, with its flagship BYK-3560. Many unresolved issues with overcoatability in the coating industry were the drivers and motivation for developing the hydrophilic additive concept. The first development BYK-3560 is definitively a breakthrough product and a contribution to BYKs strategic goals to uncover its customers’ challenges and provide … Continue reading BYK-3560 and BYK-3565: Primed for Success!

Covestro receives Alain Clause Award for environmentally compatible UV dispersion: Sustainable coating technology

At this year’s European Technical Coatings Congress (ETCC) in Amsterdam, Covestro received the Alain Clause Award of the Belgian Association of Technicians from the Paint and Allied Industries ATIPIC for the best lecture on ecological and environmentally compatible developments. The award is endowed with 1,000 euros. Dr. Eva Tejada was honored for her particularly sustainable coating technology based on the UV-curing, aqueous polyurethane dispersion Bayhydrol® … Continue reading Covestro receives Alain Clause Award for environmentally compatible UV dispersion: Sustainable coating technology

BASF wins material award for 3D moldable wood fiberboards based on acForm™ binder technology

The “materialPREIS 2018” by the raumPROBE material library rewards outstanding materials for design and architecture 3D moldable wood fiberboards manufactured with acForm enable new dimensions for wood-based composites At the “Haus der Wirtschaft” in Stuttgart, Germany, BASF was honored with the materialPREIS 2018 award by the raumPROBE material library for 3D moldable wood fiberboards (3MF) manufactured with the acFormTM dispersion. The new development ranked first in … Continue reading BASF wins material award for 3D moldable wood fiberboards based on acForm™ binder technology

CALOSTAT® wins German Innovation Award 2018

CALOSTAT® thermal insulation combines superinsulation, sustainability, and fire protection CALOSTAT® offers builders and planners a range of advantages in both new construction and renovation The German Design Council nominates CALOSTAT® as a winner Evonik’s CALOSTAT® high-performance insulation material is a winner of the German Design Council’s German Innovation Award 2018 in the Building & Elements category. A purely mineral material, CALOSTAT® consists mainly of silicon … Continue reading CALOSTAT® wins German Innovation Award 2018

DISPERBYK-2080 and DISPERBYK-2081 win “Ringier Technology Innovation Award”

The Ringier jury, comprising experts from the Chinese coatings industry, distinguished BYK this year with the “Ringier Technology Innovation Award” in the “Coatings Industry” category for its additives DISPERBYK-2080 and DISPERBYK-2081. The prize was handed over in person in Shanghai to Yuchao Jiao representing BYK. Click on the image to obtain a printable version of the image. These two innovative new BYK developments implement two requirements which were … Continue reading DISPERBYK-2080 and DISPERBYK-2081 win “Ringier Technology Innovation Award”

Ford Honors Axalta Coating Systems at 20th Annual World Excellence Awards

Axalta Coating Systems honored by Ford Motor Company with a Green Pillar World Excellence Award Ford’s World Excellence Awards recognize companies that exceed expectations to achieve the highest levels of excellence in quality, delivery, value and innovation Suppliers like Axalta are key to Ford’s success as it works to become the world’s most trusted mobility company Axalta Coating Systems was recognized as a top-performing global … Continue reading Ford Honors Axalta Coating Systems at 20th Annual World Excellence Awards

Cardolite’s NX-2026 Nominated for Innovation Award ‘’Bio-based Material of the Year 2018’’

Cardolite’s NX-2026 has been nominated for the Innovation Award ‘’Bio-based Material of the Year 2018’’. NX-2026 is an ultra-high purity 3-pentadeca-dienyl-phenol recently developed by Cardolite through advanced proprietary process technology. 3-pentadeca-dienyl-phenol is the main component distilled from cashew nutshell liquid, a renewable and non-edible resin extracted from the honeycomb structure of the cashew nut. NX-2026 has been successfully introduced to the coating and adhesive markets as a … Continue reading Cardolite’s NX-2026 Nominated for Innovation Award ‘’Bio-based Material of the Year 2018’’

Award-winning coating technology from BASF improves energy efficiency of vehicles

Passive temperature management impresses jury of the iF Design Award Paint formulation reduces temperature rise inside vehicles Functional properties of paints support modern mobility BASF’s Coatings division has won the internationally coveted iF Design Award in the category “Automobiles/Vehicles” for its functional paint technology for passive temperature management. The jury of the iF Design Award honored the specific properties of the paint system and its … Continue reading Award-winning coating technology from BASF improves energy efficiency of vehicles

Axalta Wins Market Leadership Award for Global Refinish Products

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA) received the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Market Leadership Award for the automotive refinish coatings industry, which recognized the company’s refinish brands Cromax®, Spies Hecker® and Standox® as best-in-class globally. “Axalta’s Refinish business and brands are recognized by body shops around the world as the market leader,” said Joe McDougall, Executive Vice President and President Global Refinish and EMEA. “Receiving the Frost & … Continue reading Axalta Wins Market Leadership Award for Global Refinish Products