I would like to begin this article by assuring all of CoatingsTech's readers that "all is well-the raw material supply chains have returned to normal," but I cannot. What I can say is that the statement is more like 85-90% true. There are still a few issues, typically with special materials that are not in broad general use, and also with certain alkyd and acrylic emulsion resins, but the majority of the bread-and-butter resins, solvents, pigments and additives of the U.S. paint and coatings industry are generally available, albeit with slightly longer lead times (at least as of early March, as this article is being written), and significantly higher selling prices than was the case three years ago.
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