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The Global Top 10 and PCI 25 is a ranking of the top global and North American coatings manufacturers. Rankings are based on 2015 coatings sales. Sales of other, non-coating products are not included.

Dow recently hosted a two-day media event at their Spring House Paint Farm and Collegeville, PA, sites where we toured the exposure farm and testing station, and had exclusive access to the R&D facilities where coatings research projects are underway.

This article will summarize TiO2 market conditions in China in 2015 as well as some of the results of those conditions.

Given the increased sales volumes so far in 2016, the TiO2 market has begun to feel tighter than it has in years, which is providing confidence to some producers that the worst is behind the industry for the near term.

Formulators working with these next-generation solvents can provide enhanced properties to discerning consumers seeking high-performance paints made with readily biodegradable solvents that are low in odor and offer improved rheology.

Not only is an effective biocide package essential to producing a good product, but also the use and implementation of an effective plant hygiene program to coincide with the biocide package.

The push to adopt UV LEDs is strong, and researchers are focused on developing solutions that will facilitate their adoption.

Using DPOS surfactants in emulsion polymerization of hydrophobic monomers may be a path to replace solventborne coatings and open up markets and applications for waterborne coatings, particularly on metals or on exterior surfaces.

With the reclassification of cobalt-based alkyd curing catalysts highly likely, research is ongoing to find transition metal ion alternatives that also boast improved safety and environmental profiles.

Results show that the new additive performs on a very high level with a broad range of iron oxide pigments.