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Juliane Hefel

Senior Vice President, Industrial Coatings and Specialty Products, PPG

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Juliane Hefel, Senior Vice President, Industrial Coatings and Specialty Products, PPG

The Innovation Ecosystem: How Collaboration Fuels Coatings Advancements

Why the Next Wave of Coatings Technology Depends on Full Value Chain Collaboration

Juliane Hefel

December 18, 2025

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PPG’s Juliane Hefel shares how value chain partnerships drive coatings innovation, sustainability and speed to market in evolving industries.

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September 4, 2025

N-Butylpyrrolidone (NBP) as a Green Solvent to Replace N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in Industrial Coating Applications

ON DEMAND: EPA published a regulation proposal around N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in June 2024 to ban or limit NMP in many applications, such as paints and coatings and their removers. N-butylpyrrolidone (NBP) is a powerful and versatile solvent for a variety of industries looking for alternatives to substance of very high concern (SVHC)-listed solvents.

January 15, 2026

From Data Silos to AI Success: Lessons from Collano’s Journey

In this webinar, Raphael Schaller, CTO of Collano, shares how his team envisioned their data to make it usable for AI-driven materials discovery. He reflects on what he would do differently if starting over, and how adopting the Citrine Platform has accelerated learning, collaboration, and innovation across the organization.

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