The Powder Coatings Market

Powder coating manufacturers Coatings World spoke with reported that the market is growing. Powder coating manufactures are working on  improving durability, corrosion protection and lowering cure temperature to drive growth, in addition, to moving into new emerging markets around the world.

“Although powder coatings, as with many products, have not had quite the level of expansion that anyone would love to see, with the economy still in a slow growth mode, the growth in powder has been faster than that of the economy,” said Ron McMahon, marketing director powder coatings, Sherwin-Williams. “It continues to gain acceptance as a viable technology among finishers and their customers.”

“Powder coatings markets performed in a similar fashion to other paint and coatings markets and were impacted by the overall economic slowdown in the past,” said John Wolff, AkzoNobel’s general manager for Powder Coatings. “We are very pleased to now see the European market stabilizing, with some remaining volatility. We also see North America on a recovery path and China is coming back, as well. As a global market leader