Rad-Cure Raw Materials & Equipment Update

When come it comes to formulating quality coatings, you must start with the basics. Quality raw materials and equipment are key foundations for success-especially in a growing market that demands performance such as the rad-cure industry. A coatings formulator needs to be sure its technology will meet, if not exceed, the demands of its customers. And if it doesn't, they'll know.

"Coatings suppliers produce products that are QC checked throughout the process and are generally very, very consistent day-to-day or batch-to batch," said Jim Raymont, director, instruments markets, EIT. "When conditions change at their coatings, the coatings supplier is usually the first one to get a call complaining that the coating is 'bad' and not working this time. How the coatings supplier deals with and responds to these calls determines if they retain and flourish with the customer."

There are definite opportunities to flourish in the rad-cure market for many coatings companies. Although double-digit growth rates are no longer the norm, the rad-cure market continues to post numbers coatings companies want to see