Sustainability and Pigment Dispersion
It may seem strange to link sustainability with pigment dispersion, but an important strategy for improving coatings sustainability is to make higher quality coatings that last longer and to make ... Read More…
Greener Ship Refurbishment Project Wins SSPC Award
The multi-year midlife refueling and complex overhaul of the 1,092-foot-long USS George Washington (CVN-73) super aircraft carrier at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Newport News, VA, included recoating of ... Read More…
Crosslinking Waterborne Coatings With Bipodal Silanes for Improved Corrosion Protection Performance
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…
Tackling the Challenge of Finding True Green Chemical Solutions
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…
A Personal History of Automotive Coatings Systems
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…