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COATINGS..........During the past decades, the coatings industry has faced many hurdles:  economic, environmental, and energy.  However, as the XXI century unfolds, opportunities continue to abound for companies with environmentally safer technologies. 

The US coatings industry is huge.  In addition to house paints, it provides finishes for autos, marine, machinery, appliances, cans, furniture, packaging, plastics; also coil coatings, magnetic tape coatings, electrical insulating varnishes, maintenance finishes, traffic paint, roof coatings, etc.

In the mid 1970s, air pollution regulations were the most significant factors promoting newer types of products and application methods.  The historic Rule 66, adopted some 40 years ago for the Los Angeles area, has spurred similar legislation in other regions and states and finally nationwide.  Additional government action involved solvents, mercury, lead, noise levels  in the work place, EMI (electro-magnetic interference) shielding, etc.  As a result, the share of conventional solvent-based systems in OEM product coatings has declined, giving way to powder coatings, high solids, water-borne, electrodeposited and radiation curable systems.

Some of the subjects included in the report are:

 

END USES AND NEWER SYSTEMS

 
     

OEM Product Coatings
     

      OEM Automotive Coatings

  

Paper and Paperboard Pigment Binders

      Marine

  

Packaging

      Aircraft

  

Overprint Varnishes

      Other Land Transportation

  

Release Coatings

      Appliances

  

Pre-Finished Wood and Composition

      Metal Furniture and Fixtures

  

                        Flat Board

      Machinery and Equipment

  

Wood Furniture

      Coil Coatings

  

Plastic Substrates

      Metal Containers

  

Coatings for Magnetic Recording

      Magnet Wire Enamels

 

Fiber Optics

      Insulating Varnishes and Powders

  

Glass Fiber Sizing

      Electronic Coatings

  

Conductive Coatings

      Pipe Coatings

  

General Metal Finishing
     

Architectural Paints
     
             Architectural Paints - General            Exterior House Paints - Solvent Based
             Interior House Paints - Solvent-Based            Exterior House Paints - Water-Based
             Interior House Paints - Water-Based            Other
     

Special Purpose Coatings
     
              Industrial Maintenance             Fire Retardant Coatings
              Automotive Refinish Paints             Aerosol Paints
              Traffic Paints              CARC (camouflage) Coatings
     

Miscellaneous End Uses
     
                                           Roof, Tank and Deck Coatings
                                           Concrete Cure and Seal Coatings and Concrete Membranes
                                           Miscellaneous (other than OEM)
     

Environmentally Safer Systems
     
                  Water-Borne Coatings   Electrodeposition and Autodeposition
                  High Solid Coatings   Radiation Curing
                  Powder Coatings    
     

 

RAW MATERIALS

 
     
                                                                         Resins
      Alkyds   Polyolefins and Waxes
      Polyesters   Polyimides
      Amino Resins   Silicones and Silanes
      Polyurethanes   Cellulosics
      Epoxy Resins   Vegetable Oils
      Polyamides   Low Molecular Weight Resins - Phenolics, 
      Acrylics         Rosin and Derivatives, Hydrocarbon
      Vinyl Acetate Polymers and Copolymers         Resins, Shellac, Bituminous Materials
      Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers   Miscellaneous Vehicles
      Vinylidene Chloride Copolymers    
     

                                                                        Solvents
               
                                                     Pigments, Extenders and Fillers
     
                                                 Biocides, Plasticizers, Other Additives
     
     

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