Coatings World - May 2011

the need for surfactant-based additives, while creating higher-performing paints and coatings.

Dow Coating Materials (DCM) launched Evoque Pre-Composite Polymer Technology. The company says it is a revolutionary development for paints and coatings and hopes to change the way formulators think about hiding and the use of titanium dioxide (TiO2). Evoque Pre-Composite Polymer Technology improves the particle distribution and light scattering efficiency of TiO2, facilitating improvements in hiding efficiency and allowing for up to 20 percent less TiO2 used in the formulation, the company said. Additional benefits include improved barrier properties such as stain and corrosion resistance.

BASF offered a broad range of solutions for demanding surfaces to the automotive and transportation coatings industry. With Basonat LR 9082 BASF introduced a new highly functional polyisocyanate that allows faster handling of the coated substrate. Basonat LR 9082 was developed for solvent-based applications and combines fast drying with fast hardness development. It is suitable for coating metal in the areas of automotive, industrial, furniture and flooring applications. BASF also highlighted its light stabilizer Tinuvin Carboprotect, which was developed to stabilize carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, making it possible to visibly display the embedded carbon fibers. BASF also launched Paliocrom Brilliant Gold, the newest effect pigment in the Paliocrom Brilliant product family.

At BYK Chemie’s booth the company featured its innovative and environmentally friendly solutions for the coatings, printing ink and adhesives industries. The ‘green’ defoamer BYK-1740 was the newest addition to the Greenability product portfolio. This eco-friendly defoamer is comprised entirely of renewable raw materials and is completely VOC-free. Specifically developed for the formulation of cutting-edge green coating systems in the architectural coatings sector, BYK-1740 satisfies all applicable VOC standards around the world. BYK also launched the BYK-JET product portfolio for inkjet applications, which includes additives for solvent-based as well as aqueous and radiation-curable inkjet ink systems. Also, BYK-415 is a newly

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developed liquid rheology additive for automotive and industrial coatings especially suited for this purpose.

Lanxess presented its comprehensive product portfolio under the motto “Pigments + Protection”. The showcased products included in particular Bayferrox red shades for paint and coating applications and yellow pigments with special properties.

Evonik launched an international Market Initiative at ECS 2011 with an investment of €338 million in R&D, 59 percent of which is earmarked for new products and technologies. To meet increasing demand from a large number of user industries, Evonik is investing heavily in expansion of existing ca-pacities as well as new plants and technologies. The group plans to commission new isophorone and isophorone diamine plants in China in 2013, and July 2011 will see the ground-breaking ceremony for a new laboratory building at the Essen Goldschmidt site.

The next European Coatings Show takes place in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from March 19-21 2013, and the congress starts as always a day earlier on March 18. CW