PCI’s free Voices from the Top eBook reveals the industry’s largest coatings manufacturers by 2025 sales, along with perspectives from leading companies.
Automotive coatings experts reflected on 50 years of innovation while outlining future challenges in curing, corrosion, sustainability and AI-driven R&D.
ACS 2026 brought coatings professionals to Indianapolis for technical sessions, exhibitor innovations, live industry polling and PCI’s expanded show-floor coverage.
Automation technologies are reshaping coating application through drones, robotics and AI-driven systems designed to improve safety, consistency and productivity.
Artificial intelligence can help coatings teams narrow formulation options, predict performance and monitor processes in real time. Reliable gains, however, depend on data quality, governance and human oversight.
Machine learning is moving closer to formulation, quality control and application decisions, but dependable results still rest on the data, guardrails and human expertise behind those systems.
A new market analysis outlines where chemical companies are allocating AI investment as operational, regulatory and sustainability pressures intensify.