Waterborne Industrial Coatings: Evolving Perceptions and Technologies

By Cynthia Challener

The move to waterborne coatings has been occurring for many years. Water-based technologies dominate the architectural market and have done so for some time. While it has taken longer, they have now also made significant inroads in the industrial sector. Performance in many industrial applications has markedly improved. Even so, there is more work to be done.

CoatingsTech spoke with numerous members of the coatings value chain to learn what is driving innovation in waterborne industry coatings technology, what the perceptions and misperceptions currently are about these systems, recent developments advancing the field, and where water-based industrial coatings might be headed in the future.