Energy-cure coatings are expected to produce revolutionary changes in coil-centered industries, such as building materials, appliances, and HVAC. These advancements will raise the bar for more sustainable, energy-efficient, high-performance solutions, including formulations that offer durability for exterior applications and broader gloss ranges.
Waterborne coatings have well-known benefits including a far-lower VOC-emissions profile, and lower inherent flammability, which make them generally safer to store and handle. There are still some common misperceptions around waterborne coatings, slowing their use. This article debunks a few of the most common myths.
By recapturing and reprocessing components from unused inventory bound for disposal, rather than manufacturing with virgin raw materials, the carbon footprint of the recycled paint is reduced by up to 60% compared to paint products equal in quality and formulation.
Beckers is the first coil coatings company to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050. While the company reduced its absolute CO2e emissions in its own operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 51% between 2013 and 2023, more than 98% of the company’s emissions result from customers and suppliers (Scope 3).
The energy-efficient, cost-effective way to convert the greenhouse gas into a wide range of chemical feedstock, spearheaded by NUS scientists, achieves cost reduction of about 30%.
It has been a busy show season, with PCI recently returning from the American Coatings Show (ACS) in Indianapolis, the RadTech 2024 UV+EB Conference in Orlando, and CPCA’s Canadian Coatings Conference in Montreal. All three events were energetic, and introduced great new information and technology for the coatings industry.
By replacing fossil fuels with renewable resources, biomass balance products contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enabling a circular economy. BASF explains its Circular Economy Program in an effort to explain how the coatings industry and its approach to sustainability is changing and evolving to include the entire value chain.
Ensuring your firm is sustainable will save you money, improve your operational efficiency, and help you attract eco-friendly consumers. Tracking ESG data points can help you spot faults and pivot toward more efficient operations. This improves your profitability in the long run and future-proofs your firm.
Carbon fiber composite material use is growing in sectors such as aerospace, wind power generation, automotive, and sports/leisure applications. Although corrosion and fatigue resistant, there is less known about the aging resistance of these materials. This study examines the commonly used ultraviolet absorbers, hindered amine light stabilizers, and a novel composite light stabilizer additive to get a better understanding of the weather resistance of carbon fiber composite materials in the industry.
Human stewardship of the Earth is undergoing a metamorphosis—and for very good reasons. The planet is getting hotter, and the situation is getting worse. How can the paint industry, whose products literally cover the Earth, re-engineer its products and processes toward a more sustainable future?
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