Industry Trends

December 2019

See what has been happening in Asia’s coating and resins industries over the last weeks. What are experts and industry magazines talking about?

What has been happening?

Biocide compounds against hospital infections, automotive colour popularity report, easy-to-clean coatings, and more. Find out what journals and industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

New biocide compounds to fight against hospital infections
European Coatings

The “Multicide” Project will enable the development of new biocide compounds to fight against hospital infections.
Water-borne-coatings: “A major improvement lies in designing emulsifier-free emulsions.”
European Coatings

Water-borne coatings have been the key-component to transform the coatings industry to a more sustainable way of doing its business. However, there are still challenges especially in corrosion resistance. We asked experts about this issue and how to overcome it.
Generation of durable easy-to-clean coatings on foils
European Coatings

A novel and durable easy-to-clean coating based on a UV-curable clearcoat with incorporated SiO2 particles and a thin functional polymer coating based on a zwitterionic phosphorylcholine was developed recently.
Lanxess planning AI-assisted formulation development for Urethane Systems
European Coatings

Lanxess is broadening its use of artificial intelligence (AI) in product development. The specialty chemicals company has launched a project aimed at expanding its range of prepolymers.
Axalta releases "global automotive colour popularity report"
European Coatings

Axalta released its 67th annual “global automotive colour popularity report”, which reveals the top three automotive colours as: white (38%), black (19%), and grey (13%). White has been the top automotive colour worldwide since 2011.
Chemours Introduces Specialty Grade of Ti-Pure Titanium Dioxide for Printing Inks
Inkworld Magazine

Low-abrasion chloride grade pigment enables brighter printing on wide range of substrates.
Five facts about decorative paints
European Coatings

From discount paints for your first own home to high-quality paints for professionals. Decorative paints are probably the most present paints in our everyday lives. Reason enough to present five facts about the global architectural coatings market.

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