Architectural Coatings

Jun 29, 2017 | Article

High-performance Pigments for Coatings - Recent Developments

High-performance pigments (HPPs) have become increasingly important in recent years. The segment exhibits a high growth rate as compared to more classical types of pigments. The high-performance...

Jul 16, 2014 | Article

Read Exclusive Interview of EMEA Market Director Coatings at SOLVAY Novecare

We recently interviewed Maciej Zembowicz, Regional Market Director Coatings EMEA at Solvay Novecare Coatings, to find out about Solvay's strategy in Europe, latest developments and ambitions for the...

Oct 1, 2013 | Article

Companies Focus on Cost-saving Strategy While Developing New Architectural Coatings

Architectural coatings are defined as coatings applied to interior and exterior stationary surfaces of buildings. Paints, stains, sealants, industrial maintenance coatings, and traffic coatings fall...

Feb 1, 2013 | Article

Less Heat Transfer into Buildings Voted as the Main Benefit of IR-Reflective Coatings

Coating materials exposed to sunlight absorb the emitted incident energy and convert the sunlight into heat; this absorbed heat can then degrade the protective coating as well as the substrate below...

Dec 19, 2012 | Article

Highlights from CHINACOAT 2012

By Terence Kenneth

CHINACOAT 2012 opened under an unseasonably cool November day. But inside the halls of the Guangzhou Int’l Convention and Exhibition Center, Pazhou Complex, the damp, overcast morning was replaced...

Nov 1, 2012 | Article

Most Coatings Manufacturers Prefer Switching Away from Aromatic Solvents

The paint and coating industry has put an emphasis on developing water-based, powder, high solids, and radiation curable coatings that comply with governments' stricter health and safety regulations...

Jun 1, 2012 | Article

Bio-based Raw Materials Form the Main Focus in Developing Bio-based Coatings

Coating companies are constantly looking for novel ways to develop sustainable coatings that have a minimum impact on the environment. Some of the approaches industry has been using over the years...

May 1, 2012 | Article

Optimizing TiO2 Picked as the Main Cost Reduction Strategy While Formulating Sustainable Coatings

One of the major objectives in developing novel coatings, especially sustainable coatings, is to control cost. In March, we invited our members to share their approach regarding cost control of...

Apr 2, 2012 | Article

Novel Technologies in the Year Just Gone By

A pattern is beginning to emerge in the trend in announcements of new technologies as can be seen from the following table which shows the number of news items recorded in the past three years since...

Oct 29, 2008 | Article

Building Façades with an Eye for Color and the Environment

What do colors mean to us? Colors fulfill several important functions. Colors are identifiers. They help us communicate, organize ourselves at work or at home, or move around in traffic. Colors also...