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The Reuse of Waste Paint: Bad News for Sales of Kitty Litter

Tony Mash
April 15, 2014
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Back in October of last year, this blog discussed what is termed the Regenerative Circular Economy in which coated products are recycled at the end of their useful lives, either in whole or in part rather than being incinerated or landfilled.


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How Can the Coatings Industry Help its Downstream Customers Become More Sustainable?

Tony Mash
February 14, 2014
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The blog is continually looking for best-in-class developments in the global coatings industry that look beyond gate-to-gate manufacturing efficiency improvements and make an impact across the three pillars of sustainability.


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Biobased Resin Technology: Helping Define High Performance

Dr. Jamie Dziczkowski
February 1, 2014
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More companies are adding and/or expanding their portfolios with biobased waterborne alternatives that offer the formulator/end user another benefit without sacrificing performance.


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Let’s Not Forget the Social Pillar of Sustainability. It Matters!

Tony Mash
January 15, 2014
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Reading in the press over the holidays about the need for further consolidation in the paint industry and the growing global presence of the top three companies (PPG, AkzoNobel and Sherwin Williams), I was reminded just how much journalists focus on the sales revenue, geographic spread, product range and overall growth potential of a company, as if that were all that matters in this world.


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Solar-Reflective Colorants

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Bas van Ravenswaaij Judith Huijnen
January 1, 2014
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Independent corrosion tests have shown this is a successful conductive polymer-based anti-corrosion coating technology and the first non-chromate coating that has out-performed hexavalent chromate coatings.


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Achieving Sustainable Paint Operations with Electric Pumps

Bill Heuer
January 1, 2014
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 Perhaps the most important emerging technology to reduce long-term energy consumption, especially in large plants building new mix rooms, has been the use of electric pumps. 


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What Can the Coatings Industry Learn From the Agrochemical Industry?

Tony Mash
December 13, 2013
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This month, the PCI sustainability blog is going outside the realm of paint to learn from a completely different industry that has relevance for all companies in the coatings industry. The lesson comes from a founding member of The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) that has boldly announced a significant change to its business model, which embraces all three pillars of Sustainability.


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AkzoNobel Joins TfS Initiative

December 8, 2013
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AkzoNobel has joined the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative, a move that will help drive improvements throughout the company’s global supply chain.


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Hunt the Hotspots in Decorative Paints: How About Titanium Dioxide?

Tony Mash
November 15, 2013
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The world is getting increasingly interested in determining the most sustainable ways of meeting society’s requirements for materials, products and services. Some governments are getting very active in this quest and so are consumer-driven organisations that have increasing concerns about the current ways we are all living. 


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Coatings Trends and Technologies

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Kristin Johansson
November 1, 2013
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Coatings Trends & Technologies (CTT) was held September 26-27 at the Westin in Lombard, IL. Co-produced by our magazine and the Chicago Society for Coatings Technology, the event is held each September in the Chicago area. CTT continues to grow – this year welcoming 275 attendees and 56 exhibitors.


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