Jonathan Bird, Global Marketing Manager for Resins Polymers, The Performance Coatings Group, Lubrizol Advanced Materials, talks about trends in protective coatings and how the trend towards sustainability is shaping the sector. What is the current focus of RD in raw materials for protective coatings? Our RD is focused on bringing performance, productivity and sustainable solutions to the protective coatings market. We are focused on high-solids water-borne resins for topcoats and DIM that increase film build and provide long term environmental protection. We are developing water-borne hyperdispersants which do not negatively impact corrosion resistance yet keep corrosion inhibi-tive pigments and fillers stable for DIM finishes. We are also focused on new high-solids reactive poly-amides for solvent-borne polyure- thanes and epoxies which improve performance and are inherently 80 renewable.
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