Paint & Coating News

Recently, the global market for pure benzene has been in short supply and prices have risen. Especially in the North American and European markets, the supply of pure benzene in the first half of this year is rarely tight

• pure benzene
• S&P

The degree of reaction of the base material in the thermosetting powder coating affects the impact strength, adhesion and flexibility of the coating.

• powder coating
• catalysts

Last week, the decline of the raw material bisphenol A market accelerated, the domestic PC market mentality was sluggish, local offers fell, and trading became weaker.

• BPA market
• PC market

The strongest surge in industrial coating demand was experienced in China and India.

• coating trend
• coating market analysis

A series of UV-curable waterborne polyurethane–acrylate (WPUA) emulsions were synthesised by using isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) as the hard segment, polybutylene adipate glycol (PBAG) and different dosages of hydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (HT

• coating research

Recently, a number of titanium dioxide manufacturers said that the global demand for titanium dioxide is strong and the supply is tight, and the market price may continue to rise.

• titanium dioxide market

Recently, domestic styrene prices have bottomed out and rebounded. The overall market situation has risen slightly.

• Styrene
• chemical price

The overall demand for the titanium ore market is relatively stable, the medium ore is tight, the price is high, the market transaction has decreased, the supply is tight as a whole

• Ishihara
• Titanium Dioxide

Recently, the main contract price of methanol has continued to fall from a high of 2850 CNY/ton to around 2400 CNY/ton, with a maximum drop of 15%.

• methanol

In the near future, the styrene maintenance equipment has been restarted one after another. Although there are unplanned maintenance, the impact is not expected to be significant.

• styrene supply
• China price

On the 11th, the relative weakness of PCs continued, and offers were still partially lowered. Merchants said that real orders were lightly traded, and the pressure on shipments was obvious.

• PC price
• market forcast

Recently, under the positive promotion of the centralized maintenance of the butanol plant, the enthusiasm of downstream procurement and stocking has been stimulated.

• polyester resin
• powder coating

The implementation of the domestic equipment maintenance plan in May was not as good as expected, and the continued decline in supply did not appear.

• PTA
• market outlook

Yesterday (9th), Panzhihua Titanium Technology issued a letter stating that the domestic trade price of rutile titanium dioxide will be raised by RMB 500/ton and the foreign trade price will be raised by USD 80/ton from now on.

• price soar
• Titanium

Judging from the list of commodity price rises and falls last week, there were only 4 products in the plasticization sector that rose month-on-month.

• Epoxy resin
• nitrile rubber

Tosoh Co., Ltd. issued three price increase letters in a row on May 28 to cope with the impact of rising costs of raw materials and other materials.

• PC
• Japan raw material
• PE resin

powder coatings have become highly efficient, energy-saving, environmentally friendly and economical coatings recognized by everyone.

• Powder Coating
• home appliance

A new study by UK, LEATHERHEAD/Ohio, AKRON – Smithers predicts that the global demand for high-performance and special-effect pigments will be 217,100 tons in 2020

• pigment market

Among exhibitors of ExpoCoating Moscow 2021 there are the leading companies in the industry including regular participants and new companies that are interested in expanding the geography of sales and finding new customers.

• Crocus Expo IEC
• Russia
• ExpoCoating Moscow

With the continuous spread of the epidemic, the global supply chain and economy have been impacted to varying degrees.

• global supply chain
• coating industry