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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
