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Asia-Pacific Polyether Polyols Market is Expected to Grow at a CAGR of 8.5% by 2019 Polyether polyols market is dominated by China, mainly owing to the huge demand of these chemicals, especially from the construction and infrastructure industries. Considerable amount of investments are made by various market players to serve the end-user applications. In 2014, China consumed nearly 65% of polyether polyols, in terms of volume, and this figure is further expected to rise in the future. The flexible foams application segment dominates the APAC polyether polyols market contributing a market share of 50% in 2013. The market growth of the Asia-Pacific polyether polyol market is expected to progress at a rapid pace. Growth observed among end-user industries of this market has proven to be a major driving factor in the influencing the overall demand of polyether polyols. Polyether polyol materials are extensively utilized in varied applications, such as coatings, flexible foams, rigi...

Google finally has a name for the next generation in Android OS, and it’s Marshmallow. While the update itself made its debut at Google’s I/O conference back in May, as reported by The Verge, it was then known as Android M. The new name follows Google’s pattern of naming individual releases after sweets alphabetically, something it has done for year. Android 6.0 Marshmallow has a new Doze power-saving feature that has motion detection which optimises battery usage. When the dozing feature is enabled, the device still continues to send notifications about priority-based activities. Customization While Android M offers features such as arranging quick toggles and having a possible dark theme, it is still no match compared to custom ROMs. Theming and changes to the core look of the OS are nothing new to the rooting community and it is time Google allows this deep customization in stock Android. Multi-window multitasking is nothing new for owners of smartphones tha...

Seed treatment is a term that describes both products and processes. Processes range from hot water treatment to priming. In all cases, the basis of application techniques such as seed coating and pelleting is to deliver the product to the seed at the correct dose and as uniformly as possible from seed-to-seed. Seed treatments can be used as a primary tool to conduct successful integrated pest management program for sustainable agriculture since they target the pests and diseases with smaller amounts of active ingredients per hectare and are not introduced into the atmosphere. In many cases, without the use of seed treatment, growers would have great difficulty in controlling certain early season seed-borne and soil-borne pests and diseases that would have to resort to more expensive and less environment-friendly methods. ‘Seed treatment can be done by the use of chemicals, biological and physical technologies. Chemical seed treatment is the most widely used around globe. Dow...

The G lobal A griculture U tility A djuvants M arket was valued at $553.5 million in 2014, and is projected to reach $706.0 million by 2019, at a CAGR of 5.0% during the forecast period.   The global agricultural utility adjuvant market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.0% from 2014 to 2019. The agricultural utility adjuvant market is one of the key segments of the agrochemical market, which comes under a broad category of crop protection chemicals. As defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the definition of adjuvants is “the term adjuvant refers to any compound that improves the performance of crop protection agents besides the active ingredient”. Download PDF For More Information Adjuvants are used to increase the efficacy of pesticides that are being used in crops. Compatibility agent, antifoam agents, water conditioners, drift control agents, and buffers/acidifiers among others are different varieties of adjuvants. Ex...

The term ‘biaxially oriented’ means that the film is stretched in two diverse directions. This alignment brings about several changes in the film, such as lower elongation (harder to stretch), higher tensile strength for a given thickness, greater stiffness, improved optical properties, and improved barrier to water/gases. When barrier and sealing properties are required, they can be obtained by using either of the two methods, namely coating the film or co-extruding layers of different materials. Biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film is a polypropylene film, which is extensively used for packaging. Biaxial orientation is a process that includes heating of a cast film to bring it to a stretchable temperature. These films are stretched in a machine in the diagonal direction, which is carried out through two methods such as tenter method and bubble method. Biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films can resist UV light, and it also possesses ingrained properties such as ...

Metallic Coating Additives  Application - Architectural, Industrial, Wood & Furniture, Automotive, Others - Download PDF File Metallic coating additives are ground metal suspended in non-toxic water based acrylic binder. These additives deliver a metallic look to the substrate. They are used to protect the substrate from UV rays in order to prevent damage to the film. Metallic coating additives have several applications that include architectural, industrial, wood & furniture, and automotive among others. Metallic coating additives are applied to both metal and non-metal surfaces, such as glass, wood, ceramics, concrete, foam, and resin. The metallic coating additives market is experiencing enormous growth, which is mainly driven by the increasing adoption of coating additives, especially from the Asia-Pacific, North America, and European regions. The Asia-Pacific region is the most dominant region in the global metallic coating additives market that has accoun...

Global E-Series Glycol Ether Market by Application (Paints & Coatings, Cleaners, Automotive, Printing Ink, Chemical Intermediates, Pharmaceuticals, Others), by Type (EGBA, EGPA, EGBEA), by Geography – Forecast to 2019 E-series glycol ethers are liquid solvents, which are produced by reacting ethylene oxide with alcohols. Glycol ethers can then be further reacted with acetic acid to produce the equivalent acetate ester form. Therefore, a whole family of products with 30 or more possible combinations exists. Glycol ethers are used extensively as solvents because they are soluble in both water and organic liquids. General uses of glycol ethers include inks and dyes, enamels, paints, and as cleaning agents in the dry-cleaning and glass-cleaning industries. E-series glycol ethers are used widely as solvents for resins, lacquers, paints, varnishes, dyes and inks, as well as components of painting pastes, cleaning compounds, liquid soaps, cosmetics and hydraulic fluids. It is als...