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How Coating and Ink Technologies Are Enhancing Sustainability in Packaging

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 03/10/2021

Resins, additives, and waxes can help formulators deliver exciting improvements in the sustainability of packaging materials and applications.

Categories: Resins and Binders, Printing & Packaging, Surface Modifiers, Dispersants

New PFOA Regulations will Greatly Impact PTFE. Are You Ready?

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/23/2020

Within the new regulatory environment relative to PFOA, formulators need to be prepared to adapt their coatings technologies to be compliant.

Categories: Surface Modifiers, Paints and Coatings

The Secret of a Uniform Coarse Structure in Powder Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 05/06/2020

Achieving a more consistent and reproducible formation of a coarse structure in powder coatings and overcoming the challenges of cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB).

Categories: Paints and Coatings, Surface Modifiers

Performance, Simplicity, and Sustainability for Inks and Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/26/2020

At Lubrizol Performance Coatings, our innovation process revolves around meeting and exceeding customer and market needs - ensuring we can deliver performance, simplicity and sustainability benefits for formulators.

Categories: Surface Modifiers, Specialty Additives, Resins and Binders, Dispersants

Megatrends Will Help Shape Coating Innovation

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/12/2020

Megatrends have tremendous potential to be transformative forces that are likely to impact innovation in the coatings industry.

 

Categories: Surface Modifiers, Specialty Additives, Resins and Binders, Dispersants

Meeting the Demand for PTFE Alternatives to Protect Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 10/23/2019

New materials show promise as PFAS-compliant PTFE options and PTFE-free alternatives.

Categories: Surface Modifiers

Post-Addable Surface Modifiers Enhance Powder Coatings

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 07/10/2019

New “post-add” surface modifier technology enables powder coating manufacturers to blend additives directly into a finished powder to achieve desired surface effects.

Categories: Surface Modifiers, Paints and Coatings

Protecting Intellectual Property in the Chemical Industry

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 04/22/2019

Innovation in the chemical industry is essential for growth. But it can be a costly process requiring strategic management of IP protections to safeguard and maximize those investments.

Categories: Dispersants, Surface Modifiers, Resins and Binders

Surface Modifiers Deliver Desired Effects in Coating and Ink Films

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 02/28/2019

Surface modifiers are additives that enable formulators to achieve specific effects for appearance, feel, slip, abrasion resistance and durability of inks and coatings. Diverse polymer chemistries and particle sizes are available for a range of applications.

Categories: Surface Modifiers, Paints and Coatings, Printing & Packaging, Paper and Textiles

Inspiring Sustainability, Improving Lives

Posted by Performance Coatings Team | 12/19/2018

Lubrizol's founders believed good science could lead to a better life. They understood we have a role in protecting our people and the environment, as well as being a good community member. A philosophy of “Inspiring Sustainability, Improving Lives” continues to be the foundation at Lubrizol today.

Categories: Dispersants, Surface Modifiers, Resins and Binders, Specialty Additives