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Some of the most remarkable new coatings, like color-changing and smog-eating coatings, are applied to metal using the highly advanced continuous coil coating process.

The American Coatings Show and Conference was held May 7-10 at the Indianapolis Convention Center. With 427 exhibitors and more than 7,500 overall participants from 69 countries, this year’s ACS broke all of its previous records for visitors, exhibitors and footprint.

Coil-coated aluminum was chosen to clad the first world-class soccer stadium in the United States: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, KS.

Two recurring issues in the coatings industry that owners, applicators and inspectors struggle with is how to accurately determine whether amine blush is present on epoxy coatings, and the ability to differentiate an amine blush from an amine bloom.

Wollastonite (calcium metasilicate) is growing in popularity as a versatile additive in coatings to reduce cost and improve performance.

Self-healing polymers are a class of smart materials that have the capability of autonomically repairing themselves after damage, without the need for detection or repair by manual intervention.

Formulating high-performance epoxy coatings requires extensive knowledge in many areas

Coatings applicators have long struggled with changing temperatures and humidity levels in the field.

Corroding rebar in deteriorating concrete is often the cause of costly repairs, financial losses, injuries and deaths, but Cortec® has a corrosion solution called MCI® 2005.

The performance properties that can ultimately be obtained from an epoxy resin system depend primarily on the nature of the curing agent.