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theothercategories,wherewinnersaredeterminedbyoneround

ofvote, theresultsforthesearedecidedbytworounds,makinga

strongcaseforthoseprofessionalswhostoodoutandcontributed

themosttothe industry inthecourseof lastyear.

Checkoutinthisissuethewinnersofthe21stPaint&PinturaAwards

andallthecompanieswhichsetthemselvesapart intheyear2016.

EPOXYRESINS -BESTPERFORMANCE

Theuseofepoxyresinscontinuesontheriseinthepaintandcoatings

industrythankstothebenefitstheyprovide,suchaschemicaland

mechanicalstrength,corrosionresistance,andgoodadhesiontoa

varietyofsubstrates.

Used incountlessapplications, epoxy resinshavebeendisplaying

majortechnologicalbreakthroughs.Therearemanydevelopment

frontsfornewtypesofepoxyresinsspecificallydesignedforeach

particularapplication,andbynomeansaretheylimitedtocoatings.

“Epoxy resinsareused instructural compounds, suchaswindmill

bladesandairplanes,circuitboard laminates,andstructuraladhesi-

ves,amongotherapplications.There’saspecificlineunderongoing

developmentforeach industrysegmentweserve.Forthecoatings

segment, our developments havebeenmostly focusedon raw

materials forpaintsandcoatingsdesigned tobeenvironmentally

friendlyandcompliantwithemergingregulations,suchaslow-

-viscosityepoxyresinsfor100-percent-solidscoatingsornew

waterborneepoxyresinsystemsthatdeliverhighperformance

inprotectivecoatings.Whilemanyoftheseinnovationscanbe

considered incremental,thefactremainsthattheyarekeyto

meetingtoday’senvironmentalrequirementswithoutprejudi-

cetoperformance,”saysMarcosFrança,R&DdirectoratOlin.

Epoxy resins are usually employed in niche applications,

meaningapplications insegments thataremorespecialized

and subject tomore stringent requirements, such as PMCs

(protectiveandmaritimecoatings),packagingmaterials,and

flooringsystems,accordingtoAllnextechnologydirectorfor

LatinAmericaPauloRobertoVieiraJunior,PhD.“Intheseare-

as,epoxyresinsarethebestfitthankstotheirchiefproperty,

which isgreatchemicalandphysicalstrength,whoseprimary

role it istoprotectthesubstrate,whetherfromcorrosion,on

seagoingships,fromhumidity,heatandpressure,forindustrial

flooringsystems,orfromthechemicalsthatcertainpipesand

tankswillcome intocontactwith.”

Allnex’sVieiraJuniorsaysthatforthemostpart,inhighdemand

in thismarket arehighperformance and yields, and to this

point,onepowerfulmarkettrend istowards increasedsolids