Hybrid Coating Technologies Inc (fka HCTI)

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Now after reading the summary take a look at the past winners from this category... other then the educators, look at the company names.... HCTI is running with the big boys here.

http://www2.epa.gov/greenchemistry/presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-award-recipients-technology



2015 Hybrid Coating Technologies/Nanotech Industries Production of polyurethanes for coatings and foam without the use of isocyanates (summary)
2013 The Dow Chemical Company Polymer-titanium dioxide (TiO2) composites reduce the amount of TiO2 required in paint to achieve coverage and opacity (summary)
2012 Professor Geoffrey W. Coates, Cornell University Synthesis of polycarbonates and other polymers from carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) is enabled by a new family of catalysts (summary)
2012 Cytec Industries Inc. A polymer containing silane functional groups is the active ingredient in MAX HTTM sodalite scale inhibitor for use in Bayer process plants, which convert bauxite to alumina (summary)
2012 Professor Robert M. Waymouth, Stanford University; Dr. James L. Hedrick, IBM Almaden Research Center Synthesis of a wide variety of polymers using highly active, environmentally benign, organic catalysts to replace metal catalysts and their negative human health and environmental impacts (summary)
2011 Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. Sulfonated pentablock copolymers, a new family of ionomeric polymers, form NEXARTM polymer membranes for applications requiring high water flux (summary)
2011 The Sherwin-Williams Company Recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) soda bottle plastic and acrylic monomers are among the feedstocks for water-based alkyd–acrylic dispersions in paints and coatings (summary)
2009 Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) with a copper catalyst and environmentally friendly reducing agents used to make polymers with precisely controlled structures (summary)
2009 The Procter & Gamble Company;
Cook Composites & Polymers Company (Chempol® technology acquired by Arkema Coating Resins) Chempol® MPS alkyd polymer resins used in conjunction with Sefose® sucrose esters to reformulate conventional oil-based paints (summary)
2007 Cargill, Incorporated Polyurethane foams can now be made with biobased BiOH™ polyols instead of petroleum-based polyols (summary)
2006 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. GreenlistTM Process guided the replacement of polyvinylidene chloride with polyethylene in Saran Wrap® (summary)
2005 BASF Corporation Primer for automotive refinishing; applied as a urethane acrylate oligomer that crosslinks by UV light into the cured film (summary)
2003 Shaw Industries, Inc. Polyolefin thermoplastic carpet tile backing combines with nylon 6 fibers to produce a carpet tile, EcoWorxTM, that is readily recyclable following separation of the backing and fibers (summary)
2002 Professor Eric J. Beckman, University of Pittsburgh Polydimethyl siloxane polymers, poly(ether carbonates), and acetate-functional polyethers as non-fluorous materials to increase the solubility of compounds of interest in supercritical CO2 (summary)
2000 Bayer Corporation; Bayer AG Two-component waterborne polyurethane coatings greatly reduce VOC solvents (summary)