Anti-Corrosion Coatings

Used to protect everything from bridges and towers to� water treatment facilities, anti-corrosion coatings and corrosion inhibitors are vital to maintaining a community's infrastructure.

Developing products that will safely and effectively protect the public from corrosion is a constant challenge. Formulators must deal with the challenges of rising raw material prices and increasingly strict environmental legislation. These two issues have had a profound impact on the anti-corrosion market, leading anti-corrosive coating makers to reformulate to reduce the amount of pricey raw materials, as well as develop products that will meet current and impending environmental legislation.

According to Tony Gichuhi, R&D manager at Halox, a key issue affecting the market is improving the efficiency of anti-corrosion coatings while maintaining a lower raw material cost by utilizing fewer raw materials, raw material consolidation or simply using lower cost alternative raw materials with superior performance or quality.

"Green chemistry is another major trend," Gichuhi added. "The market is demanding environmentally friendly, unregulated and non-toxic pr