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Partners To Pursue Nonstick Paint Can

by Michael McCoy
August 17, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 32

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Credit: LiquiGlide
LiquiGlide’s nonstick coating helps paint slide off of cans’ interior surfaces.
Two paint cans, one show LiquiGlide’s nonstick coating helping paint slide off the can’s surface.
Credit: LiquiGlide
LiquiGlide’s nonstick coating helps paint slide off of cans’ interior surfaces.

The start-up LiquiGlide has licensed its nonstick technology to Pact Group Holdings, an Australian packaging firm. Pact intends to use the technology to create what it says will be the world’s first nonstick paint can. Using technology invented at MIT, LiquiGlide offers a liquid-impregnated surface system that enables sticky fluids to slip completely out of containers.

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