Coatings Update:: Trends and economic progress in the paint industry

Abstract

“What are the trends?” is a question asked in every phase of business enterprise today. The coatings industry is no exception. Certainly, over the years there has been a large number of trends that have, on the one hand, obsoleted existing practice and products and have, on the other hand, created important new opportunities. The demise of linseed oil; the achievement of a dominant position by water‐based architectural paints; the halting of the growth of alkyd resins; the advent of automated procedures for the application of industrial coatings of which coil coating is, of course, an example; the use of, more highly functional vehicles in maintenance paints—these are all examples of trends, the early recognition of which made possible the kind of business planning which leads ultimately to profitability.

Citation

Americus (1976), "Coatings Update:: Trends and economic progress in the paint industry", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb041149