The demand for environment-friendly water-borne coatings is rising. According to experts it should grow of nearly 6 % annually until 2022. Our guest author Annirban Bhattacharya from Markets and Markets the trends.

Akzo Nobel has announced "Paint the Future" – an open innovation challenge for startups and scale-ups.

Swiss company DKSH and Australian stock listed resources company TNG have signed a term sheet encompassing the full distribution on a global and exclusive basis for TNG’s titanium dioxide (TiO₂) production.

Ceresana analysed the European market for paints and coatings already for the third time: In 2017, almost 9 million tonnes of these products were utilised.

In the third quarter of 2018, Lubrizol and Raimund Müller GmbH further expanded their long-standing cooperation.

In a new study, the anticorrosion performance of various modified polymer coatings on E32 marine steels in seawater was investigated and compared.

In a recently published study, researchers reinforced photocrosslinkable polyurethanes with coumarin-modified silica nanoparticles to improve photoreactive coatings.

The November issue of European Coatings Journal is out and features many interesting new facts, market overviews and technical articles about water-borne coatings. The magazine is also available in European Coatings 360°.

A current review deals with nucleation seeding with calcium silicate hydrate for the development of green cements.

The UV irradiation grafting technique was applied to a modified 316L stainless steel surface (SS) in a new study to improve corrosion resistance.