The adoption of digital color measurement and communication can have a positive impact across the supply chain for many industries – resulting in a significant reduction in time and costs associated with product development – and the paint and coatings industry is no different.

PCI Editor Kristin Johansson recently visited with Nancy Lockhart, Global Product Manager, Color, at Axalta Coating Systems, to tour the company's Color Viewing Room and Color Studio in Clinton Township, Michigan.

How can a business be more customer friendly, more in touch with customers, and more focused on prompt solutions to each unique customer in a cost-effective manner?

Macro, consumer and industry trends are constantly converging, overlapping and impacting each other….and influencing and driving color forecasting. Hopefully the powder coatings industry can more fully embrace the trends and be ready for the color demands of the future.

There's a certain allure to the smell of a new car or that clean citrus smell from a recently used cleaning product. However, despite how pleasant a scent may be, it's important to consider the sources of any odors in the home and whether or not they are conducive to good health.

Pushing the boundaries of powder coatings technology with extremely low-gloss coatings.

Our CTT panel discussion on sustainability covered cost, performance, energy use, bio-based materials, transfer efficiency, waste, recycling, specifications, certifications, regulations, collaboration, and more … and we could have easily kept the discussion going for much longer.

The primary intent of designers, regardless of industry, is to leverage color, shape and creativity to create designs capable of stirring emotion and influencing user behavior.

This unique, annual event combines a live laboratory tour and demonstration, a technical conference, and tabletop exhibits to deliver the latest technologies available to powder coatings professionals.

I'm selling powder coating in South America. So now I have many questions in regards to powder coatings. But the most important is this: Can powder coatings be used past the expiration date given by the supplier?