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Amidst a global push for sustainability, the paint and coatings industry now provides natural, sustainable options that can enhance physical and mechanical properties of coating formulations. The source material of some of these innovations even include a circular raw material: the olive pit.

The report emphasizes the company's purpose to promote better science to solve the world’s toughest preservation challenges, while driving the industry to cleaner, greener solutions.

With the introduction of artificial intelligence in the chemical industry, questions about technical, operational, and organizational implementation are increasingly emerging.

The report is titled Growing with Our Customers, and highlights the company’s sustainability strategy, which is centered on continuously improving its safety and environmental performance, growing and innovating sustainable solutions that address customers' needs, and engaging and partnering with employees, customers, and suppliers to drive sustainable progress.

In an interview with PCI, LANXESS discusses how environmental product declarations (EPDs) are helping to achieve low-emission product strategies along the value chain.

The expanded product portfolio includes product variants with  lower carbon footprint and the expansion of scopeblue sustainability labeled products. 

The latest initiative from AkzoNobel aims to help powder manufacturers and coaters to better manage and reduce the amount of energy they consume in order to tackle rising energy costs and meet future sustainability targets.

The recent report from Future Market Insights covers how coating additives manufacturers are capitalizing on expansion of the construction and architectural sectors.

The raw materials used in coatings formulations, including titanium dioxide (TiO₂), can make a significant impact on the end product’s sustainability profile. New innovations will pave the way to reducing waste, creating longer lasting products, and achieving advancements in the coatings industry’s sustainability.

Sustainability dominated every conversation at the 2023 European Coatings Show. Learn about some of the innovative technologies that were introduced to help the industry formulate, manufacture, and apply the coatings of tomorrow.