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.

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.

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.

CTT continues to grow every year, in both numbers and the quality of the content presented. This article lists four key takeaways from this year's event that coatings formulators won't want to miss.

Despite rising raw material costs and other factors, most companies all reported relatively healthy organic growth in 2018.

A recap of the Detroit Society for Coatings Technology's recent FOCUS event in Plymouth, MI.

Out of 160 submissions, AkzoNobel selects finalists in its Paint the Future challenge, which was an open invitation to startupsand scale-ups to collaborate with AkzoNobel on new ideas to drive innovative solutions for customers.

A survey of ECS delegates reveals information about key coatings industry issues, including market focus, future technologies, R&D activities and sustainability.

As fewer students pursue careers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), many initiatives have been introduced to develop an interest in these fields at a young age.

A new coating technology that allows the pucks to change from purple to clear when the puck’s temperature is above freezing. This provides a visual indication to officials that the puck should be replaced.