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Global Demand for Coatings to Approach 46 Million Metric Tons in 2015

February 17, 2012

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Global demand for coatings is forecast to rise 5.4 percent per year to 45.6 million metric tons in 2015.

International Paint Names New Marine & Protective Coatings General Manager

January 17, 2012

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International Paint LLC, an AkzoNobel company and a provider of high-performance protective coatings, linings, and fire protection products, has named Neil Plowman the company’s new Marine & Protective Coatings General Manager, Americas.

Siloxane Based Multifunctional Additives

An Innovative Approach Toward Formulating

Christopher Howard Wernfried Heilen Kai Steenweg Susanne Struck

January 4, 2012

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The challenges of substrate wetting and flow are especially problematic for formulators of water-based coatings.

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New Aspects in the Sustainability of Nanoparticle-Modified Coatings

Robert H. McMullin

June 1, 2011

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Predispersed nanoparticles can be very beneficial to the life cycle of coatings.

New ASTM Standard Covers Drying of Pavement Marking Paint

September 16, 2010

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ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications has approved a standard covering a test chamber used by transportation departments and similar agencies throughout the world to specify and test the dry speed of waterborne pavement marking paints at elevated relative humidity.