Wacker Chemical is set to present a new XRF-based method for measuring extractable silicone from release coatings at Tape Week 2026, a process advance aimed at improving quality control and reducing testing complexity for coated paper, film and specialty substrates.
CoatingSolution4U won a Bronze Edison Award on April 20, 2026 for SlurryXpert, a real-time diagnostic system that tracks battery electrode slurry behavior before coating defects spread through production.
Amcor has opened a new healthcare packaging coating facility in Malaysia, adding regional capacity for coated medical paper used in sterile device packaging and expanding its advanced manufacturing footprint in Southeast Asia.
WEG has launched a powder coating with low-temperature curing technology designed for plastics, composites and other heat-sensitive substrates, a move that could help industrial coaters lower oven temperatures and energy use while expanding powder coating to more demanding applications.
Allnex said it will bring a slate of new waterborne, solventborne, powder and radiation-curable coating technologies to ACS 2026, with products aimed at lower VOCs, faster cure and tighter compliance requirements.
A new Nature paper published April 15, 2026 reports industrial-scale roll-to-roll fabrication of visible metalenses using nanoimprinting and TiO2 coating, a process advance that could help metasurface optics move from lab demonstrations toward volume manufacturing.
