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The TiO2 industry is in a position never before experienced in its long history as it moves through the seasonally high coatings demand period in North America. Demand is returning beyond average GDP levels, particularly in China. In turn, price-sensitive customers are absorbing a huge increase in price.

There are important advantages related to the latex properties that can be achieved with a semi-batch process, and more specifically a starve-fed process, which is simply a semi-batch process where the monomer concentration inside the polymer particles is kept very low by keeping the monomer feed rate to the reactor low.

Specialty Polymers has been supplying innovative waterborne resins to coatings manufacturers for over 50 years.

It's never been so easy to learn how additives work - how to test, choose, and handle them. Get access to information that simplifies your formulation work, saves time, and leads to better coating and ink performance.

COATINO Campus is an interactive learning and information portal about additives, technologies, and formulations for all kinds of coatings and inks.

The new TEGO® Humectant 7005 from Evonik’s Coating Additives business line is an ultra-low-VOC humectant for binder-free colorants.

The PCI 25 is a ranking of the top 25 North American coatings manufacturers in 2020. The ranking is based on 2020 coatings sales. Sales of other non-coating products are not included. Because of acquisitions, three companies on the list last year are not included this year.

Find out who the top 10 global coatings manufacturers were in 2020. The ranking is based on 2020 coatings sales. Sales of other non-coating products are not included.

As coatings formulators respond to the demands of consumers and the opportunities provided by new technology, the mixing industry is doing its part to support any emerging innovations.

The belief that industrial employment will not provide a lucrative career path has created a generational gap within the sector, resulting in a need to replace manufacturing’s retiring workforce. To meet the demand for skilled labor, manufacturing facilities have initiated various types of apprenticeship-styled programs to attract, educate and train talent on the benefits of working in a manufacturing setting.