Advances in Paint and Coating Manufacturing Equipment Emphasize Increased Efficiency, Productivity, Agility, and Flexibility While Maintaining Quality and Safety

By Cynthia Challener

The authors of the articles published in CoatingsTech in 2020 were sur­veyed regarding their thoughts on the innovation landscape in the paint and coatings industry as we approach the new year. The authors were asked to share their thoughts, which are pre­sented below. What are the most important paint and coating research areas that you and your colleagues in other/related disciplines are focusing on today? Corrigan, ChemQuest Technology Institute:

There are five leading area being targeted by the paint and coat­ings industry today: • Increasing use of biobased/biofermented materials and materials derived from post ­consumer content. • Increasing comfortableness with using nano-materials due to disper­sion issues being solved. • New technologies for haptics, scratch resistance, and self-healing. • New technologies for antimicrobial performance (antibacterial, antivi­ral, and anti-mold). • Quantum leaps in corrosion performance.