Increasing stringency of environmental protection agencies in curbing the production of solvent-based coatings owing to the high emission of VOCs has driven manufacturers of industrial paints towards adopting waterborne coatings. While waterborne coatings aren’t solvent-free, the presence of co- ... Read more

A material used to hold two surfaces together is called an adhesive. An adhesive functions by wetting the two surfaces, adhering to them, developing and maintaining strength after application, and remaining stable. Engineering adhesives are a type of adhesives that are widely used to bond and ... Read more

Lithography is a procedure used in the fabrication of a material on a micro-scale to assemble parts of a thin film or the bulk of a planar surface, onto which a layer of another substance is applied. Lithographic printing is based on the fact that oil and water do not mix readily. Initially, ... Read more

Vendors dealing in electronics adhesives have been offering customized solutions based on client requirements, a trend that has enabled most of them to establish a strong foothold in the market. Transparency Market Research (TMR) finds that in addition to this prominent trend, backward ... Read more

The top five companies competing in the global tert-butanol market, namely LyondellBasell Industries Holdings B.V., Lotte Chemical Titan Corporation, Evonik Industries AG, TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K., and Merck KGaA, accounted for a share of 43.2% in 2015. This reflects the moderately consolidated ... Read more

An increasing number of players in the superhydrophobic coatings market are at various stages in their R&D efforts while several others are expected to launch innovative and advanced products in the near future. Transparency Market Research (TMR) observes that this has intensified the degree ... Read more

The global soap noodles market is immensely fragmented and characterized by the presence of a number of players. Transparency Market Research finds that in 2015, the top 10 companies competing in the soap noodles market accounted for a share of just over 46%, indicating the lack of a clear ... Read more

The top three vendors in the global paraxylene market, namely Reliance Industries Limited, S-Oil Corporation, and BP plc., collectively accounted for a meagre 12% of the overall market in 2015, says a recent market research report by Transparency Market Research. Nearly 85% of the world’s ... Read more

The global market for transformer oil is currently strongly consolidated in nature, and is likely to remain in a similar state over the coming years, according to a new research study by Transparency Market Research (TMR). The five leading players in the market – ExxonMobil, Shell, Nynas AB, and ... Read more