BYK-3938 P: a highly innovative, post-add additive for matting powder coatings – label-free

The matting of powder coatings constitutes a particular challenge for the coating industry. In contrast to liquid coatings, only minimum shrinkage occurs during the baking process, meaning that conventional matting is not possible with powder coatings.  In order to achieve a matt finish, it is possible to reduce the gloss by mixing various binders that are incompatible with each other; alternatively, the incompatibility of binders … Continue reading BYK-3938 P: a highly innovative, post-add additive for matting powder coatings – label-free

AkzoNobel supplying powder coatings for landmark water pipeline in China

A major infrastructure project in China which is using powder coatings on the interior of potable water pipes has specified sustainable products supplied by AkzoNobel. The agreement with Guangdong Water involves providing high-performance Resicoat R2 coatings for the Pearl River Delta water resource allocation project – the largest investment in a water diversion project in the history of Guangdong Province. Designed to ensure the supply … Continue reading AkzoNobel supplying powder coatings for landmark water pipeline in China

UV curing powder coating resins by allnex

A history of UV powder coatings The use of unsaturated monomers and polymers, including polyesters, is successfully established in liquid coating resins as well as in Radcure technology for nearly 30 years. Their cross-linking reaction by polymerization leads to formation of stable carbon-carbon single bonds and results in resilient networks. The polymerization reaction is started by thermal heat using so-called initiators or by UV light in … Continue reading UV curing powder coating resins by allnex