Decorating & Coatings

Avantium and Studio Hoogvliet Jongerius showcase the versatility and beauty of PEF (Polyethylene Furanoate).

Reverse engineering (RE) in plastics processing has become an essential method for product reproduction, improvement, and optimization. It involves a thorough understanding of the design, manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance stages.

Sustainable polymer-based anticorrosive coatings offer technical, economic, and environmental advantages. Continuous advancements in this technology aim to overcome current challenges.

A new line of bactericidal additives incorporating silver nanoparticles promises to keep surfaces clean and disinfected in medical, public, and domestic environments. 

Emulsion polymerization is a useful and cost-effective process that allows for easy creation of several commercially important polymers.

Conductive polymers (CPs) have emerged as a significant material in the development of supercapacitors due to their unique properties and potential applications in the market.

MIT’s new adhesive hydrogel coatings have significant potential to enhance implanted medical devices’ long-term performance and reliability.

Innovative Roadway Pavements can fulfill multiple functions, including pavement condition monitoring, snow-melting, urban heat island effect (UHI) reduction, and self-healing.

Microencapsulation enhances the performance of additives in a variety of plastics applications. This technology is invaluable for incorporating additives that possess explosive properties, are challenging to handle, exhibit high reactivity, or are PCMs. 

Employed by myriad sectors ranging from fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and retail packaging to pharmaceuticals, construction, and even government identification initiatives, these technologies have played a pivotal role. Taggants imbue plastic products with an additional layer of security and authentication, presenting a formidable challenge to counterfeiters who attempt to replicate or alter these items.