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E U R O P E A N C O AT I N G S J O U R N A L 1 2 – 2 0 1 8 E U R O P E A N C O AT I N G S J O U R N A L 1 2 – 2 0 1 8

EUROPEAN COATINGS JOURNAL 12 – 2018

6 INDUSTRY NEWS The latest moves in the paints and coatings industry

8 TOP INDUSTRY MOVE Axalta Coatings Systems unveils the largest coatings

R&D center in the world

POWDER COATINGS12 MARKET REPORT An outlook on the global powder coatings market

Annirban Bhattacharya, MarketsandMarkets Research

16 EXPERT VOICES Nigel Sherwing, Akzo Nobel, and Robert Watson, Allnex

18 PRODUCT OVERVIEW Additives for powder coatings

20 TECHNICAL PAPER A brighter future with powder coatings

Bart Hofstede, DSM

EXPERT VOICESPowder coatings

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PRODUCT OVERVIEWAdtives for powder coatings

18 12MARKET REPORTAn outlook on the global powder coatings market.

LEGISLATIONSupport for REACH restriction

34PIGMENT DISPERSIONEasy-dispersing inorganic pigments for water and solvent-borne coatings

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PROTECTIVE COATINGSA new resin for improved direct-to-metal coatings

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26 POLYURETHANE COATINGS Aesthetics without compromise using polyamide-

based polyurethane coatings Gabor Erdodi, Naser Pourahmady, Israel Skoff et al., Lubrizol Advanced Materials

32 FACTS IN FIVE Wood coatings market

33 CEPE CORNER Not an easy job

34 LEGISLATION Support for REACH restriction Jörg Palmersheim, ALIPA

36 PIGMENT DISPERSION Easy-dispersing inorganic pigments for water and

solvent-borne coatings David Giner, Jose Luis Godes, Ana Felis, AI-Farben

42 PROTECTIVE COATINGS A new resin for improved direct-to-metal coatings

Geoffrey R. Webster, Gianluigi Cassin, Jens Duereth et al., Eastman Chemical

52 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

53 ADVERTISERS INDEX

54 SUPPLIERS INDEX

55 MASTHEAD

56 FORMULATION TRAINING

58 NEWS WORLD

EUROPEAN COATINGS LIVE

Learn more about powder coatings at European Coatings Live on 18 December 2018, 15.00 CET at www.european-coatings.com/live

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