sustainability

Powder Coatings Help Drive Electric Vehicles of Tomorrow

With electric vehicle (EV) popularity on the rise, AkzoNobel has introduced a powder coating range specifically engineered for new-generation EVs.

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Trion Coatings Announces Consultation Agreement With Brad Durkin

Industry veteran Brad Durkin to aid in SAFEChrome market integration for Trion Coatings, a leader in providing alternatives to hexavalent chromium use in decorative and functional applications.

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Chromium Free Etching for Plating on Plastics

MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions promotes Evolve as first production-proven chromium-free etching process for plating on plastics.

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Recycling Powder

Powder coating expert Kevin Biller of ChemQuest Powder Coating Research discusses options for recycling powder.

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Defoamer Designed for Waterborne Coating, Printing Ink Formulations

Evonik’s Tego Foamex 812 exemplifies the company’s sustainability strategy for the paintings, coatings and inks industry.

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Metal Finishing Technologies Names President

President Zach Kleiner will shepherd MFT through operational growth, workforce pipeline development and continued leadership on sustainability in metal finishing.

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Data Logger Helps Industrial Ovens Cut Energy Costs

Industrial Physics' encourages customers in the industrial coatings sphere to consider the energy saving properties of its oven logger kits.

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NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #121: Development of a Sustainability Metrics System and a Technical Solution Method for Sustainable Metal Finishing - 10th Quarterly Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the tenth quarter of project work (July-September 2022) at Wayne State University in Detroit. This report period covered the development of a significantly enhanced sustainability performance improvement methodology, which (i) allows the evaluation of any number of technology candidates, and (ii) identifies optimal solution(s) through assessing the combined benefits obtained by adopting multiple technologies under various design, manufacturing, cost and technical constraints.  The methodology was successfully tested using the data from the five plating facilities.

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EPA Creates New Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Office

EPA formally announced the creation of its new Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. The office is expected to have 200 EPA employees and could have a significant impact on facility permits. 

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Thin-film Process Recognized for Sustainability Contributions

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment is recognizing Henkel for its Pallumina thin-film process.

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