“Sustainability continues to drive almost every conversation in the coatings industry today and will be the major theme at the American Coatings Show this year,” said Kenny Messer, Vice President, Sales at Arkema Coating Solutions.
Overall, the company was very happy with the traffic at their booth. “Although the footprint was smaller, the quality of our meetings has been better than in the past. We have seen newer talent hungry for information. It seemed more like an old-school show — it was more intimate. We had some really good discussions,” said Eric Dumain, Global Marketing Director Coating Resins.
Arkema initiatives on display included:
• Reducing dependence on TiO₂ in decorative paints with ENCOR® 317 vinyl acrylic resin and CELOCOR® AF opaque polymers.
• Increasing the use of bio-based content with SYNAQUA® 4856 alkyd, SYNAQUA 4804 alkyd, COAPUR® HEUR thickeners, CRAYVALLAC® additives and SARTOMER® Sarbio UV specialty resins.
• Meeting SSPC Paint 47 Standards with Kynar Aquatec® PVDF resins.
• Improving durability and reducing VOCs in protective and marine coatings with a full toolbox of SYNOCURE® acrylic polyols and NISO products, SYNOLAC® alkyds and polyesters, CRAYAMID® reactive polyamides, SYNAQUA and ENCOR waterborne solutions, and UNITHANE® modified alkyds.
• Improving asphalt bleed resistance and maintaining reflectivity in cool roof coatings with ENCOR Flex 1361 all acrylic, Kynar Aquatec® PVDF resins and COADIS™ 790 dispersants.
• Hot tire pickup resistance on concrete surfaces with NEOCAR® Acrylic 850 resins.
• Enabling ultra-low-temperature cure powder coatings with REAFREE® 6846 carboxylated polyester.
Other products on display at the Arkema booth included:
• RHEOTECH™ HASE thickeners.
• SARTOMER specialty UV-curable resins including specialty oligomers and monomers, cationic resins and Sarbio USDA certified bio-based resins. Photoinitiators and additives, including Speedcure free radical photoinitiators, amine synergists, cationic photoinitiators, UV absorbers and adhesion promoters.
• DIANOL® ethylene oxide polyols for electrodeposition and can coatings.
• ADIANSOL® polyether polyols for inks and graphic arts materials.
• SILIPORITE® molecular sieves, high-performance desiccants for polyurethane.
• INIPOL®, SURFALINE® and NORAMOX® additives for pigment wetting.
• ENSOLINE® specialty solvents for OEM marine, industrial, and auto protective coatings or refinish solutions.