Waterborne coatings in the focus of the November issue
Water-borne coatings are requested ever more, and for good reason – after all, the demand for environmentally friendly technologies is growing, and regulatory requirements are becoming increasingly stringent. How is the coatings industry responding to this pressure? With new developments, as for instance the following: Water-borne systems without cosolvents often face drying and film-forming challenges. Henning Vogt of Hexion presents a novel epoxy resin dispersion, which seeks to address market needs and offer formulators high performance (page 18). The author of the article will provide more details on the novel dispersion and is open for questions during our monthly webcast European Coatings Live on 26 November at 15.00 CET. Registration is free of charge.
Water-borne coatings are well-established in the architectural segment, while the industrial segment only accounts for 8 % of the global market volume. Nevertheless, the coatings experts of PRA evaluate the market potential for water-based systems in this segment in our market report (page 12).
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