Manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings, headquartered at 951 Jaycox Road in Avon, is ramping up its manufacturing operation after signing a major new contract with Hafnia, the world’s largest operator ...

When exposed to the sky, the porous polymer passive daytime radiative cooling coating reflects sunlight and emits heat to attain significantly cooler temperatures than typical building materials or ...

Industrial piping has a hard life, as it's constantly exposed to liquids that can damage its inner surface over time. A new polymer coating could help protect such pipes, while removing toxic metals ...

Nanotechnology has garnered considerable interest during the previous decade. Simultaneously, the marine sector has experienced great transformation and significant investment. This article covers the ...

Advanced Polymer Coatings, which is expanding its manufacturing facilities in Avon, already has found some business to take up the new capacity it expects to have online next year. The company ...

Films and coatings have important applications in various fields (coatings, coatings on medical devices, drug delivery, thin films for food protection etc.). Therefore, an efficient technique for the ...

Polymeric coatings designed for corrosion protection are usually tougher and are applied in heavier films than are appearance coatings. Requirements of such coatings are much more stringent: They must ...

With little more than a coat of paint, buildings could soon make the air around them cooler and harvest gallons of water directly from the atmosphere. Researchers at the University of Sydney in ...

The latest and largest trial to compare durable-polymer versus biodegradable-polymer stents—this time in the setting of acute coronary syndromes—should convince the field once and for all that a ...

Conservators use polymer coatings to preserve iron artifacts by keeping out moisture and oxygen to prevent corrosion. But a recent study suggests that as they age, such coatings may trigger a cycle of ...

Avon-based manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings has announced the Dec. 28 death of its founder, Donald Keehan. He was 87. Keehan’s family released a statement on his death through the company.