PCI’s March issue focuses on formulation strategy, pigment performance and shifting market dynamics across paint and coatings. Coverage includes replacing fluorine-based additives in waterborne systems, long-range color forecasting, automotive refinish demand and pigment selection in modern formulations. Additional features examine durability advances in architectural coatings, aluminum flake technologies for chrome-like effects, titanium dioxide market signals and technical perspectives from the Waterborne Symposium.
This article examines non-fluorinated surfactant and defoamer strategies for maintaining wetting, defect control and performance in waterborne coating formulations.
Color Marketing Group® forecasts go beyond trend cycles, offering pigment suppliers and formulators a research-based framework for long-range planning and innovation.
Market trends, functional performance demands and evolving research are reshaping how pigments are selected and evaluated in modern coatings formulations.
The turbine flow meter offers high repeatability and stainless steel construction for batching, dosing and test applications requiring precise liquid flow measurement.