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This article discusses consolidation in the coatings industry, challenges pigment manufacturers face, steps taken to develop new products and the future direction of the pigment market.

40,000 square feet of 18-gauge Galvalume steel was coil coated with Valspar’s Classic II Fluropon in a custom color combination of Barrel Brown, Fudge and Mustang.

Novel enabling technologies were developed to quantify both wet and dry coating properties and augment traditional measurement methods.

The desire for lower-VOC coatings coupled with growing interest in daylighting to reduce building energy consumption are driving interest in low-VOC acrylic systems that deliver signature UV resistance while meeting the need for durability in high-traffic commercial and institutional architecture.

Cost-designed pigment preparations can replace standard lead chromates. Pigment preparations and hybrid pigments formulated with weather-fast organic pigments are not inferior to stabilized lead chromates and can even outperform standard products

Certain silicone technology, like silicone resin emulsions, can provide a significant decrease in dirt pick up from exposure due to the hydrophobic properties.

Bio-succinic acid improves the quality of resins and coatings with value-added application benefits.

The dual-purpose system makes the process more ergonomic, less physically taxing and cleaner.

AODD pumps offer the leak-free and shear-sensitive operation that is mandatory when working with coatings.

It is concluded that for coating applications in medical devices, microcratch and nanoscratch are useful and quantitative approaches for examining coating-to-substrate adhesions.