Materials

On 18 June, Stephanie Kwolek, the American scientist who invented Kevlar in 1965, died in Wilmington (Delaware) at the age of ninety-one. Kevlar, produced by DuPont, which patented it in 1973, was initially conceived as a material to be used in the...

At the American Coatings Show 2014 (April 8-10, Atlanta), Perstorp, a world leader in specialty chemicals, showcased a full palette of essential building block raw materials and innovative specialty coating products. On the back of its Americas success the company is lining up a series of innovative specialty products for the...