Posted at: 26 May 2011 09:56:00 | Posted by: Sonja Specks, Vincentz Network Coatings in danger?
Coating-free substrates might be applicable in more than low-quality and/or low budget areas in the future. No additional production step and of course less material costs seem to be the basis for these developments which would not only reduce the number of coating layers - they are meant to substitute them totally. For sure this would be much cheaper.
Posted at: 29 April 2011 15:03:00 | Posted by: Damir Gagro, Vincentz Network Nature: one step ahead
What distinguishes synthetic from natural surfaces? A spontaneous answer could surely be: synthetic surfaces are more resistant. That is why they have been developed.
Picking up on our latest blog entry, I have just come back from the European Coatings Conference "Smart coatings” with the conviction that the term "smart” is truly stretchable if not controversial.
