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This article examines the parameters of wavelength, peak irradiance and energy density that comprise UV curing as well and some common issues related to measuring them.

To save automakers and automotive suppliers considerable time and money in applying metallic flake and other effect paints, X-Rite launched its xDNA® system with the MA98® handheld spectrophotometer.

Atlas Material Testing Technology developed the Right Light™ filter, which used with a xenon light source, simulates environmental conditions at an accelerated rate.

The UV LED spray gun ensures a nearly instant cure of the company's Sikkens Autoclear UV clearcoat.

A new optical technology is presented, based on Multispeckle Diffusing-Wave Spectroscopy, to study film formation from coatings.

Uniform and consistent color is essential to achieve the impression of a high-quality finish and to avoid customer complaints.

XPS is a powerful analytical tool that can provide quantitative, spatially resolved, chemical-state analysis of surfaces and thin films.

Formulating high-performance, waterborne 2K epoxy-amine primers with properties equal to or better than commercially available primers is quite possible.

This issue of PCI features the 17th annual listing of the top coatings manufacturers in the world. With the constraints of a more compact magazine and the continued consolidation of the coatings industry, the editors decided this would be the year to cut the list down to the Top-10 global leaders and the Top-25 North American companies.

Owners of job shop platers, anodizers and coaters need a sense of urgency in their shops to survive today’s economy