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Names in the News: September 2025
Editor’s note: The following industry professionals have recently received promotions or appointments. To submit your company’s personnel news for possible publication in CoatingsTech, email publications@paint.org with “Names in the News” in the […]
New Products: September 2025
Editor’s note: This column is a roundup of recent product releases from the coatings and allied industries. To submit a product release for consideration, email publications@paint.org. Please note that all submissions […]
Colorant Effects on Solar Reflectivity and Rheology of Exterior Architectural Coatings
By Ray Fernando, Olivia Everitt, and Caleb Hall California Polytechnic State University The main objective of this study is to generate formulating knowledge that can be applied for selecting appropriate […]
The State of the U.S. Paint and Coatings Industry: Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and Strategy
By George R. Pilcher, The ChemQuest Group, Inc. We all lived through the Great Supply Chain Crisis of 2022, and most of us lived to tell about it. While we would […]
Colorant Effects on Solar Reflectivity and Rheology of Exterior Architectural Coatings
By Ray Fernando, Olivia Everitt, and Caleb Hall California Polytechnic State University The main objective of this study is to generate formulating knowledge that can be applied for selecting appropriate […]
Methods to Determine Open Time of Architectural Coatings
By Jennifer Mills, John Rabasco, Sunny Wang, Wesley Rauenzahn, and Scott Purtell The Dow Chemical Company Introduction In this article, we introduce a new applied method, brush workability, for determining […]
Salt Spray Testing: Dinosaur or Foundational Benchmark?
By Cynthia A. Gosselin, Ph.D., The ChemQuest Group First published in 1939, one of the oldest specifications in the Committee D01 arsenal is ASTM B117 Standard Practice for Operating Salt […]
The State of the U.S. Paint and Coatings Industry: Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and Strategy
By George R. Pilcher, The ChemQuest Group, Inc. We all lived through the Great Supply Chain Crisis of 2022, and most of us lived to tell about it. While we would […]
Advances in One-component PVDF-acrylic Hybrid Dispersion and Its Applications
By Wei Wang, Diane Vaessen, Brian Peterson, and Abby Miller, Arkema, Inc. For many years, aqueous hybrid dispersions of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and acrylic resins have been formulated into waterborne topcoats because of their […]
Development of Hygienic Paint for Enabling the EPA Residual Efficacy Requirement
By Chun Liu, Kathryn Neely, Leon Estell, Nicole Wise, Lehong Jin, Kevin Janak, Arxada Over the past couple years, hygienic paints and coatings have gained significant attention due to their […]
Global Trends, Part 2: EUROPE & ASIA
By Philip Marsh and Wayne Daniell, Ph.D., The ChemQuest Group, Inc. Megatrends are wide-reaching, critical forces that shape our society and long-term economic and technological landscape, from which the paint and coatings industry […]
2025 CoatingsTech Conference Review
Coatings and Technologies For a Resilient Future: Technical Highlights from the 2025 CoatingsTech Conference By Charles Hegedus, Ph.D. The American Coatings Association’s 2025 CoatingsTech Conference took place April 28-30 at the […]
Hydrite® Announces Acquisition of Enterprise Specialty Products, Inc. and U.S. Southeast Expansion
ESP, based in Laurens, S.C, is a provider of foam control products for numerous markets including water treatment, paints and coatings, adhesives, inks, construction and building materials, textiles, and other specialty chemical applications.
Arkema Adds North Kansas City to Global List of ISCC+ Certified Powder Coating Resin Facilities
All of Arkema's polyester powder resins facilities worldwide are now certified in line with Arkema's global Mass Balance powder resins offer roadmap, including North Kansas City (US), Saint Celoni, Spain (EMEA) and Navi Mumbai, India (Asia).
Protech Group Acquires LOES Enterprises, Inc.
The Protech Group has acquired Loes Enterprises, Inc., a custom compounder of PVC plastisol and related products in Saint Paul, Minn.
AkzoNobel Announces 2026 Colors of the Year
AkzoNobel has announced its 2026 Colors of the Year, which the company describes as an upbeat and versatile color family. The 2026 Colors of the Year include Mellow Flow™, a light blue shade; Slow Swing™, a dark blue shade; and Free Groove™.
PantoneLIVE Adds New Color Libraries for Two-Piece Aluminum Beverage Can Packaging
Sun Chemical and X-Rite Incorporated announced new metal packaging color libraries in the PantoneLIVE™ digital color ecosystem. Designed for the beverage sector, these libraries enable accurate visualization and communication of Pantone and brand colors on two-piece aluminum cans with metal deco inks in a matte finish.
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