Articles by PCI Magazine

Lower inventories, shorter purchasing cycles and heightened demand for technical and regulatory support are reshaping distributor relationships. Leaders from ACD, IndSpyre, Univar and IMCD discuss the shifts that defined 2026 and the priorities coatings manufacturers should carry into 2027.

Dennis Karnstein of The Pittsburgh Paints Company discusses commercial and industrial coatings demand, product innovation, supply chain pressures and technology investments.

Ralph Barthel of Univar Solutions discusses pigment and surface finishing challenges, from PFAS replacement and resin trade-offs to newer technologies improving coating performance.

Benjamin Moore and certification experts discuss low odor, zero-VOC coatings and the testing standards used to evaluate indoor air quality performance.

Market trends, functional performance demands and evolving research are reshaping how pigments are selected and evaluated in modern coatings formulations.

UV and electron beam curing offer speed and efficiency gains for coil coating, yet adoption remains limited, a topic explored in this interview with RadTech’s Mickey Fortune.

A year-long Paint and Coatings Academy program delivers applied education across formulation, processing and polymer science through expert-led short courses.

Process and facility equipment choices influence dispersion quality, manufacturing efficiency and workforce productivity across modern paint and coating operations.

This feature presents sustainability perspectives, including research from Nagoya Institute of Technology on room-temperature defluorination and fluorine recovery from PTFE and PFAS.

In an exclusive PCI interview, Susonity leaders explain how four sites, lab support and supply security anchor its next phase.