Powder and waterborne coatings 2000–2010 – is past growth sustainable? New technological developments and the impact on future markets a world overview

Abstract

Globally, the penetration of POWDER COATINGS in the Industrial Paints sector is 6%. The deepest penetration is in Europe with just over 9%, of which Italy leads, also worldwide, with the highest degree, 15%. Follow Asia-Pacific, North America. In ten years time, global penetration of powder coatings will reach the 10% level. Penetration of powder coatings is much different in the individual European countries. By the year 2010, penetration of WATERBORNE industrial coatings will reach a level of over 30%. The European Waterborne Industrial Coatings Industry was over 500,000 Tonnes in 1999 and will reach the one million Tonnes mark by the year 2010. Overall, the penetration of Waterborne Coatings in the Industrial Paints sector is currently around 20%. When considering individual market segments, penetration varies from 3% to 70%. Selected industrial coatings sectors, having low penetration of 3% in 2000, will reach up to 15% by the year 2010 at the expense of solvent borne paints and other non-environmentally-friendly systems. Main resin systems include: acrylics, epoxies, alkyds/polyesters, polyurethanes, PUDs, 2K-PU, alkyd emulsions and other. The paper will also cover an in-depth analysis of the inter-competition between solvent borne coatings, waterborne, powder coatings, radiation cureables. The increasing use of a combination of environment-friendly technologies such as powders / WB: powders/radcure (UV, EBC) and WB/radcure will be considered. Chemical intermediates and additive manufacturers have been developing novel raw materials both for waterborne paints and powder coatings.