Fred Moreux, South Asia Pacific Manufacturing and Supply Chain Director at AkzoNobel, discusses the pivotal role of sustainability within the manufacturing process and the coatings industry, including the commitment to carbon reduction, the innovative adoption of renewable energy, effective strategies for wastewater management, and more.
Navigating the paint and coatings industry as a senior female leader comes with unique challenges and experiences.
PPG's Senior Vice President, Protective and Marine Coatings, discusses guiding principles from her career, and the future of protective and marine coatings.
Two-component aliphatic polyurea coating systems offer fast return to service and high film builds, and their use is on the rise. This article studies the network structure of these coatings to improve their properties.
Participants in the can coating market must leverage innovation, embrace sustainability, and foster collaboration to capitalize on emerging opportunities and surmount challenges. Advanced coating technologies have emerged as pivotal drivers of innovation within the sector, re-shaping packaging requirements and standards.
Manufacturing processes in the coatings industry often result in significant waste generation and environmental impact. This article will explore how liquid product recovery
technology is revolutionizing the paint and coatings industry by minimizing waste, reducing resource consumption, and improving overall efficiency.
Paint and coatings contribute to global health in many unseen ways, like reducing the risk of infection, keeping our food supply chain safer, giving us more time to escape a fire, and eliminating exposure to dangerous materials. Get the details in this installment of our new Innovation Insights column.
Nanotechnology is an emerging field that is enabling breakthroughs of new and effective tools in the coatings industry. The trends and developments mentioned in this article are a few hot bets expected to impact the coatings industry in the coming years.
Five companies were named Vendor of the Year, and three additional winners were selected in the Innovative Product of the Year, Productive Solutions Award, and Marketing Innovation Award categories.
Seven broad consortia have been established as part of the government-funded “Perspectief” program, with AkzoNobel set to play a leading role in the SusInkCoat project, which will explore how to make inks and coatings more sustainable.