May 2023

Whether it is discussions with printers and brand owners or with raw material suppliers, ink companies are strongly pursuing sustainability measures.

A new study demonstrates laboratory and field-testing of six siloxane-based coatings to be potentially used as a topcoat paint on structured steel.

Coating system comprising a polar primer and a nonpolar topcoat showed remarkable performance preventing the migration of the extractives and the discolouration of the painted surface.

The value of the organic pigments market is anticipated to reach a high of $9,824.9 million by the year 2032.

A new review discusses graphene and its composite as an anticorrosive coating for marine applications.

Andre van Linden, Director Scientific Academic Partnerships at Akzo Nobel R&D, looks at challenges in water-borne systems and outlines his thoughts on factors influencing new developments.

Traditional wood coatings are not suitable for cork floors. Researchers have now physically dispersed two kinds of nanocellulose in WPU coating to meet the requirement of elastic deformation of cork floor.

There is a constant increase in the demand for regular maintenance of automobiles to retain the appearance and recover damages.

The thermoset segment is expected to account for the largest share in 2022.

Akzo Nobel is to further strengthen its China position after reaching an agreement with Sherwin-Williams to acquire its Chinese Decorative Paints business. This business is known within Sherwin-Williams as the Chinese Architectural Paint business. Completion, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is expected in the second half of 2023.

European Coatings

On Mar 22, 2023, after a three-year project and construction period, the production plant for wax and polymer emulsions in Bukit Selambau Industrial Park, equipped with state-of-the-art technology, was ceremonially inaugurated.

Coatings World

Interpon powder coatings used by Chinese construction equipment manufacturer.

Straits Times

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new plant protein ink they can use to create scaffolds on which to grow meat in laboratories in a more cost-effective way.

The Malay Mail Online

China’s manufacturing activity contracted in April, official figures showed yesterday, due to tapering global demand and slow domestic recovery after Covid-related curbs were lifted. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) ― a key gauge of Chinese factory output ― fell unexpectedly to 49.2 in April from 51.9 in March, and below the 50-point mark that separates expansion and contraction in activity, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.

Coatings World

Indorama Ventures joins “Together for Sustainability” initiative to enhance sustainable supply chain management.