A guide from Information Research Limited (IRL), London, United Kingdom, presents a new market guide that updates a report published in 1998 by its sister company, IAL Consultants.
The next step for companies that are being proactive and eliminating VOCs entirely is the conversion of their customers to powder coatings or solvent-free systems.
Improving product flexibility to meet recognized market needs has allowed Tnemec to continually expand market share while enhancing the benefits of its product range to customers.
The U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a legal challenge to the EPA’s national VOC rule on architectural and industrial-maintenance coatings — the so-called “AIM” rule — mounted by a group of coatings manufacturers.
These solvents may be added to a given formulation without restriction, reducing viscosity and, therefore, improving application without affecting the VOC content of the formulation.
The best chemistry for such clearcoats has proven to be a highly reactive polyurethane system, which is formulated as two components that are mixed together in precise proportions immediately before being applied.
It is crucial that the optimal combination of pigments are selected to provide not only the largest color gamut possible, but also to provide the technical characteristics required to meet a variety of performance requirements.