A popular feature of the 2019 CoatingsTech Conference will be the Student Posters Competition. Intended to spotlight coatings research being performed in the academic (i.e., non-commercial) arena, the competition provides ... Read More…
As global environmental concerns continue to overshadow the use of well-established metal surface pretreatment processes such as chromate treatment and phosphatization, the need for environmentally friendly corrosion protection systems has ... Read More…
The global market for green coatings, including waterborne, powder, high-solids solvent-based, and radiation-cure coatings, is estimated by Allied Market Research to be valued at $80 billion in 2016 and growing ... Read More…
In Part 1 (Coatings Tech, May 2018, p.60), I introduced Hansen Solubility Parameters and their theoretical basis. If you have read that article, your first questions probably were how do ... Read More…
I have been involved with automotive coatings for more than 40 years. When I started, car bodies were made of cold-rolled steel with little galvanized steel or plastic, primers mainly ... Read More…