ACA and the coatings industry supports public policies that help America build more, manufacture more, and maintain more — because those policies create jobs, strengthen communities, and improve quality of life.

Explore our five priorities by clicking on a title, or download the factsheets.

Ensuring American Manufacturing & Securing America’s Supply Chain

$2.8B

2025 U.S. Industry Exports

Securing American Home Affordability

4M

Unit housing shortage

Modernizing & Protecting America’s Infrastructure

623K+

U.S. bridges; 45% have exceeded planned design lives

Sound Science: The Pathway to Safer Technologies

446

Backlog of current PMNs under EPA review

The Science of PFAS

25%

Approximate percentage that cool roof coatings can reduce building air conditioning

Five priorities for growing American manufacturing and protecting the infrastructure, homes, and products that coatings make possible.