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The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is reshaping how labels, inks and recyclability standards intersect across the supply chain.

This article details how aerosol paint systems align can design, propellants and water-based chemistries with air quality rules to ensure consistent performance.

This paper examines aluminum flake treatments, stabilization, and delivery forms to approach chrome-like effects in modern waterborne coating systems.

Experimental data and simulation insights show how physicochemical parameters can guide additive selection for dispersants in coatings formulations.

Shifting tax, trade and regulatory policies are reshaping the chemical supply chain, creating both challenges and opportunities for paint and coatings manufacturers.

Even amid tariffs, tightening supply chains, and shifting regulations, coatings distributors are leaning on technical expertise, digital tools, and sustainable solutions to shape the industry’s future.

Replacing PTFE in fine-texture powder coatings requires higher additive dosages, rebalanced formulations and extensive performance validation.

A new report explores how bio-based, waterborne and low-VOC technologies are transforming the American paints and coatings market.

Rice University researchers developed a boron nitride-based glass coating that resists wear and reduces heat loss for greater energy efficiency.