A recent visit to a paint recycling company gave PCI an in-depth view into the scale and importance of the planet-saving benefits that paint recycling brings.

The National Association of Chemical Distributors offers its recommendations on changes that must be implemented to address the current supply chain crisis and to help ensure supply chain efficiency in the future.

During the Eastern Coatings Show, Michael Levely, Sr. Director of Supply Chain at Dow, gave an excellent timeline and explanation (with interesting statistics) of why the supply chain is so extremely stressed today.

Coatings market conditions and the global supply chain crisis are hot topics at recent coatings conferences.

September marks the in-person return of PCI's two annual events, Coatings Trends & Technologies (CTT) and the Powder Coating Summit (PCS). CTT will take place September 8-9 at the Westin in Lombard, Illinois, and PCS takes place Sept. 22-23 at the Hilton Columbus/Polaris in Columbus, Ohio.

Learn about how Covid-19, mergers and acquisitions, and global supply chain disruptions affected coatings sales figures in 2020.

This event is a step in the right direction, and proves that live events can be successful and safe.

While they compose a very small percentage of a formulation, usually less than 2% of the final formula, additives have a significant impact on a coating's production, in-can stability, application and final film properties.