Members Only Industry Pulse: Industrial Coatings
[…] up to mid-year, but real demand also increased by 2.2% over 2023 due to ongoing growth in durable goods manufacturing. For 2024, prices are expected to stabilize; therefore, both current […]
[…] up to mid-year, but real demand also increased by 2.2% over 2023 due to ongoing growth in durable goods manufacturing. For 2024, prices are expected to stabilize; therefore, both current […]
A micro-mechanic blister growth model is proposed for a coating system consisting of a polymer film applied to a steel substrate exposed to salt solutions. The mechanism of the blister […]
[…] in 2021 from a 2020 dip in volume, the realnews is the dramatic increase in value (~25% over the two-year period 2021–2023 estimated (2023e)) that has resulted from the high […]
[…] the U.S. GDP by 3.5%. Estimates for 2021 from the World Bank suggest global GDP growth of 5.6%, and 6.8% for the United States, with China leading the pack at […]
[…] responses are provided below. Survey participants included Klaas Kruithof, RD&I director for Performance Coatings with AkzoNobel; Chris Miller, global research director at Arkema Coating Resins; Griffin Gappert, director of R&D […]
[…] on a quarter-to-quarter basis. For those companies with a concise, carefully considered and clearly articulated strategy for the future, however, their reward will be that they will weather the post-COVID […]
[…] and then lose no time hiring technical and marketing people to help you create a strategy for getting through the coming (and inevitable) recession, whenever it occurs, and then going […]
[…] big or small, has to add value to our customers,” he asserts. Both Covestro and AkzoNobel look at digitalization from three perspectives. Covestro’s three angles include optimizing internal processes, enhancing […]
[…] senior business leaders are on target, the coatings industry should maintain its trajectory of continued growth in 2018. Economic Backdrop for the ACA Survey Since ending its sharp decline in […]
[…] BASF Corporation; Michael Bessel, director of technology at BYK USA; Sjaak Griffioen, director of innovation, Strategy and Sustainability at DSM Coating Resins & Functional Materials; Robert Wendoll, director of environmental […]