Revista Paint & Pintura - Edição 230

CLIPPING PAINT&PINTURA | Março 2018 | 7 cessing equipment in place for automatic dispensing, and that this kind of equipment is going about to be in demand over thenext several yearsnotonly inBrazil, but throughout LatinAmerica,which iswhy Inkmaker continues to invest in thesemarkets. “We still havemany yearsof business ahead of us in the paint and coatings industry, and adding to that the fact that there still aremanypaint companies that don’t have this equipment, especially in Latin America, is the fact that the design and building of manufacturing facilities with automatic dispensing equipment make for mid-to- -long-term projects. In the future, most companies, or at leastmajor players, aregoing tohaveautomaticdispensing equipment, and then, even when there’s no longer room for expansion in the number of systems installed and sales of newmachines grind to a halt, Inkmaker will be providing technical support and other services for existing systems.” Netzsch business director Guiliano Albiero, too, envisions manymidand long-termgrowthopportunities, andexpects digital paints to give a boost to the production equipment industry in the next several years. “This iswhywe are cons- tantly innovating.We’ve launchedanewlineofmineral filler grinding and classifying equipment and, to enable us to further develop and test this line from July 2018 on, we’re going to have a complete laboratory.” ALKYD RESINS - ON THE RISE IN THE COATINGS INDUSTRY Alkyd resins are still broadly used in Brazil’s paint and coatings in- dustry,mostlybecause theyprovidespecificproperties combined with good value for money. Among the world’s most produced resins in terms of volume are alkyd resins. “These products represent a big chunk of all paint and coating resins and media because they develop properties that are hard to achieve using any other type of polymer with the same cost-benefit ratios. It’s alsoworth pointing out that in inter- national coatings markets where alkyd resins are used, especially theUnitedStatesandEurope,manufacturershavebeenmigrating at a faster pace to low-VOC technologies andmakinggreat strides in the creation of newproducts in compliancewith the applicable environmental regulations. The Brazilian market shows great potential tomove in that same direction, while having those tech- nologiesintroducedoradaptedforlocaltechnicalandcommercial requirements. This movement has already begun, and we think it’s the right path and there’s no way back,” says André Oliveira, development andapplicationmanager at ArkemaCoatingResins. Conheça o novato mais experiente do mundo! Conheça um parceiro comercial extraordinário: Nós combinamos décadas de expertise com o entusiasmo e a dedicação de uma startup. Com o poder combinado de produtos de sílica, aditivos TEGO® e aditivos especiais da antiga Air Products, nós oferecemos soluções inovadoras e personalizadas que propiciam um valor real às suas formulações para revestimentos. Coating Additives of Evonik. Home of ACEMATT®, AEROSIL®, SURFYNOL®, and TEGO®. And much more. Visite-nos na American Coatings Show 10–12 Abril Estande 2728

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