The Powder Coating Institute/Gema Scholarship recognizes aspiring students whom display a strong work ethic and are interested in leveraging their intelligence and curiosity to move our industry forward.
More than an online shop, the central online resources platform helps coaters discover the range of Interpon powder coatings, but also see and experience how a multitude of colors and textures will perform through a color-visualization tool.
Amidst a global push for sustainability, the paint and coatings industry now provides natural, sustainable options that can enhance physical and mechanical properties of coating formulations. The source material of some of these innovations even include a circular raw material: the olive pit.
The challenge for the resort’s designers and architects was to find a powder coating that could protect aluminum surfaces and girders in a climate of extreme heat and corrosive salt spray from the coast, and with a finish that would complement the warm terracotta tones of Dubai’s landscape. Read about the solution.
The latest initiative from AkzoNobel aims to help powder manufacturers and coaters to better manage and reduce the amount of energy they consume in order to tackle rising energy costs and meet future sustainability targets.
The plant, which employs 90, has been expanded by 20,000 square feet to accommodate two state-of-the-art lines for bonded metallic powder and automated packaging capabilities.
Fact.MR, a market research firm, reported that the global coating additives market is estimated to surpass US$ 9.3 billion in 2023. Increasing utilization of innovative coating additives in construction paints to improve the surface effectiveness, as well as viscosity of substrates, is one of the prominent factors propelling sales.
The Fastfeed PLC offers mechanical advantages including rapid incorporation and wetting out of powder ingredients, coupled with a host of automation advantages such as ergonomic touchscreen operation, recipe storage, monitoring job stats, remote capability for maintenance or updates, and one-touch CIP mode.
The newly launched super-durable powder coating is for architects and designers for the Indian market and can give aluminum surfaces the natural look and texture of stone without any of the inconvenience or cost associated with using the actual material.
