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Leadership has become a catch-all phrase, interpreted many different ways, often without precision.

PCI recently toured the LANXESS Starpointe facility in the greater Pittsburgh area. Located in Burgettstown, PA, the site is home to laboratories, and blending and finishing operations for inorganic pigments.

Last December, this blog reviewed the past year in the coatings industry from the perspective of sustainable development and also looked ahead to 2016. I was delighted to receive a comment full of encouragement for the sentiments that drive this blog, as follows

It is clear that the coatings industry is a field rich in innovation. And nowhere is this innovation more evident than in the research being done at the university level.

According to the United Nations University, 40% of Europe’s electrical products end up in landfill when they are no longer needed.

Four new elements have been added to the periodic table – completing the table’s seventh row.

By the end of the decade, as many as 100 million Chinese people will migrate from rural areas to live in cities.

A recent trip to China gave a clearer understanding of the inorganic pigments market, how China is responding to its slowing economy and the environmental problems it faces, and strategies that suppliers are forming to take on these trends.

As the year end approaches, it is a timely moment to review the achievements of the coatings industry and propose some key activities for the years ahead.

AkzoNobel’s Performance Coatings division hosted an editor’s roundtable discussion to review the company's performance, restructuring strategy and key markets in the industry.