Industry Trends

October 2022

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?

Low-Temperature-Cure Powder Coating Technology Concepts, Types of printing inks, Converting to bisphenol-free, and more. Find out what coating & resins journals and industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

Low-Temperature-Cure Powder Coating Technology Concepts
Coatings World

Low-temperature-cure technology unlocks opportunities for expanding applications, energy efficiency, and smaller operational footprint.
What Are the Types of Printing Inks?
Ink World Magazine

In this comprehensive guide to printing inks, we discuss digital, liquid, conductive, and energy-curable inks and industrial applications for each.
AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings Publishes Paper on Converting to Bisphenol-Free
Ink World Magazine

AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings urges industry to shape change together in converting to a bisphenol-free world. Minimizing the risk of ‘regrettable substitutions’ in converting too quickly to a bisphenol-free world, and ensuring an aligned, right-first-time position that protects both consumers and manufacturers alike, are the largest challenges the can packaging industry has ever faced.
Nippon Paint Marine’s NEOGAURD Reduces Routine Maintenance for Starnes Bulker
Coatings World

The Nippon Paint Marine NEOGUARD anti-corrosive coating applied to the cargo holds of the 40,000dwt bulker Starnes has been a key factor in ship manager HJH Shipmanagement GmbH being able to extend cargo hold maintenance.
Chemical Industry Agrees on Global Standard for Calculating Product Carbon Footprint
Coatings World

As part of the joint initiative “Together for Sustainability” (TfS), 37 companies from the chemical industry, including BASF, have agreed on a global guideline for calculating product carbon footprints (PCFs). Product carbon footprints are an important information for steering emissions in the value chain.
New 3D printing method promises faster printing with multiple materials
chemeurope.com

Advancements in 3D printing have made it easier for designers and engineers to customize projects, create physical prototypes at different scales, and produce structures that can’t be made with more traditional manufacturing techniques. But the technology still faces limitations – the process is slo…
Why Reclamation of Hull Cleaning Waste Material is Essential
Coatings World

Social responsibility, social governance, sustainability… the need for corporations to be good and do good has never been greater. This is especially true when it comes to those whose business takes them to our seas and oceans.
Ink World's Top 20 International Ink Companies Show Growth
Ink World Magazine

The ink industry enjoyed growth overall during 2021, with packaging and digital ink leading the way.
Axalta Develops Single-Layer Anticorrosion Solution for Flame Spray Coating
Coatings World

Axalta announced the launch of Abcite® 2060, a single-layer solution for Flame Spray coating technology, enabling exceptional anticorrosion protection without the need for a coating line. Offering simplicity of use, the solution can be applied by depositing semi-molten polymer particles onto a heated surface, allowing particles to fuse to the surface as part of a comprehensive polymer coating.
Evonik Drives Growth through Innovations
Ink World Magazine

In 2021, Evonik’s innovation growth fields generated more than €500 million in additional sales compared with 2015.
Alora is the First Singapore-Based Paint Company to Earn U.S. Green Seal Certification

Coatings World

The recognition follows the company’s recent Singapore Green Label verification.

PPG’s New Paint for a New Start Initiative Transforms Zhangjiagang School

Coatings World

PPG’s New Paint for a New Start initiative transforms Houcheng Kindergarten in Zhangjiagang, China, with colorful makeover.

HP hastens plan to recycle 1.2 million tonnes of hardware and supplies by 2025

Manila Bulletin

HP Inc. launched the “HP Supplies Impact” Program to enable channel partners to help HP commercial users increase their ink and toner cartridge recycling across the Philippines, Australia, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore, with New Zealand and Thailand to follow later this year.

Asia Pacific Paint & Coatings Market Outlook

Coatings World

Asia Pacific continues to be the most dynamic region in the global paint and coatings market. Strong economic growth along with favorable demographic trends have made this market the fastest growing paint and coatings market globally for a number of years.

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