It's Show Time!

摘要

It is hard to believe that it has been two years since the last American Coatings Show (ACS). Since the last ACS, regulations, raw material shortages and escalating prices have forced coatings formula-tors to become even more innovative in their drive to maintain profitability without sacrificing performance. According to an article from NYCO Minerals in this month's issue (page 40), "In order to capture thesame profitability today compared to one year ago, a coatings manufacturer must charge $1.76 per gallon more just to maintain the same level of profitability based on increases from TiO2. The coatings chemist cannot sacrifice performance requirements while remaining under the ceiling of a maximum raw material cost. This approach has coatings manufacturers around the world reformulating in ways they have not done before."