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2023 May

PCI’s May issue discusses the latest in automotive coatings, pigments, sustainable technology, and also features our raw materials directory. 

Feature Articles

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Navigating a New Era of Sustainability

How TiO2 Innovation Can Advance the Coatings Industry
Cristiana Borelli
May 12, 2023
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The raw materials used in coatings formulations, including titanium dioxide (TiO2), can make a significant impact on the end product’s sustainability profile. New innovations will pave the way to reducing waste, creating longer lasting products, and achieving advancements in the coatings industry’s sustainability.


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Making Sustainability Measureable

How EPDs Are Helping to Achieve Low-Emission Product Strategies Along the Value Chain
May 16, 2023
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In an interview with PCI, LANXESS discusses how environmental product declarations (EPDs) are helping to achieve low-emission product strategies along the value chain.


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Generations in the Mixing

Erin Dillon
May 16, 2023
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As production lines and manufacturing plants have to keep pace with widening demand, companies are in the market for bigger, better equipment, and more manufacturing space. This article covers Chem-Pak’s switch to ROSS mixers to allow them to process larger batches and incorporate powder ingredients more efficiently.


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When Product Life Exceeds Coating Life

A Major Problem with Protective Coatings
Jim Deardorff
May 18, 2023
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Published reports place the total cost of corrosion in the United States at $552 billion. The majority of the current coating formulations are not designed for extended maintenance support. This article introduces the concept of Lifetime Coating Systems (LCS), a program designed to match coating life with asset life.


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Measuring Multiple Automotive Paint Layers

Archana Senthikkumar
May 18, 2023
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Automotive painting is a challenging process, and requires each layer to be sprayed at the optimal thickness. Some leading-edge, ultrasonic thickness gauges can provide both the thickness measurement of each individual layer, and the total thickness measurement of several layers at once, making the process faster and easier.


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Products

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Gaco Acrylic-Elastomeric Roof Coating

April 10, 2023
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The coating is a single-component, high-build, fast-cure roof coating that can be applied up to 80 wet mils (5 gal/SQ) in a single-pass application. The product is water-based, zinc-free, and low-VOC. It will launch in white, with gray and tan options coming later this year. 


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