Publications

Citation

(2009), "Publications", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 38 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2009.12938dac.004

Publications

Article Type: Conferences, training and publications From: Pigment & Resin Technology, Volume 38, Issue 4

Paints and coatings: global industry guide

“The global paints and coatings market grew by 3.1 per cent in 2008 to reach a value of $101.5 billion. In 2013 the global paints and coatings market is forecast to have a value of $120.8 billion, an increase of 19 per cent since 2008 … ”.

Datamonitor’s Paints and Coatings: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the paints and coatings industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis:

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  Published: February 2009.

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  Price: 1,495 USD.

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  Call us: +44 161 238 4044.

The report also contains easily comparable data on market value, volume, segmentation and market share for the paints and coatings market, plus full five-year market forecasts. It examines future problems, innovations and potential growth areas within the market (Figure 2).

Figure 2

Scope of the report

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  Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation.

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  Provides textual analysis of the industry’s prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies.

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  Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on five major markets (France, Germany, Japan, UK and the USA).

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  Includes a five-year forecast of the industry.

This report should make essential reading for anyone involved in the paints and coatings market globally – plus anyone considering expansion into the paints and coatings market, or targeting customers or suppliers in the market.

Reasons to purchase

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  Save time and money on research with this report’s easily comparable data and succinct market analysis.

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  Evaluate the competitive landscape and benchmark performance against key competitors and the market.

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  Assess the key macro-economic trends in each market from population, inflation and gross domestic product to exchange rates.

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  Identify new and emerging investment opportunities by product, country and region.

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  Quantify the size and growth of the market with this report’s five years of historic data and forecasts to 2012.

PVC formulations revealed

ChemTec Publishing announces a new book entitled PVC Formulary.

The book (available at: www.chemtec.org/proddetail.php?prod=978-1-895 198-40-9) has four chapters, each containing invaluable information for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) formulators, manufacturers, processors and users. In the first chapter, polymer properties determining its proper selection are discussed. All essential information required for the decision-making process is presented in a clear form in order to provide the reader with the necessary data (Figure 3).

Figure 3 Toronto, Canada, 12 January 2009

The second chapter contains information aiding in the selection of any required additives. Twenty-three groups of additives are used in PVC processing to improve its properties and obtain the set of product characteristics required by the end-user. Similar to the previous chapter, the information is concise but contains much-needed data to aid the reader.

The third chapter contains 500 formulations of products belonging to 23 categories derived from characteristic methods of production. Formulations come from recent patents, publications in journals and from suggestions of raw material suppliers. A broad selection of formulations is used in each category to determine the essential components of formulations used in a particular method of processing, the most important parameters of successful products, troubleshooting information and suggestions of further sources of information on the method of processing. This part results from a review of thousands of patents, over 2,000 of research papers, and information available from manufacturers of polymers and additives.

The final chapter contains data on PVC and its products. The data are assigned to one of the following sections: general data and nomenclature, chemical composition and properties, physical properties, mechanical properties, health and safety, environmental information, use and application information. The data are based on information contained in over 1,200 research papers and present the most comprehensive set of data on PVC ever assembled.

The concept of this and a companion book (PVC Degradation & Stabilization) is to provide the reader with complete information and data required to formulate successful and durable products or to evaluate his formulations on the background of formulations used by others. For scientists and students, these two books give a complete set of the most up-to-date information, state-of-the-art, and data required for the development of new ideas and learning from a comprehensive review contributed by the author of five books on PVC written in the last 25 years.

Regulatory agencies, consumer groups, and law enforcement agencies will also find this book invaluable because it contains a realistic composition of products produced today, based on broad research of information which no other available source offers.

There were many good books published on PVC in the past which are still in use today. Their main drawback is that they contain information which frequently does not apply to today’s products and thus creates confusion which is avoided with these two books: PVC Degradation & Stabilization and The PVC Formulary, which were written with the goal to give the most current information to those who need it today.