Kerry Pianoforte, Editor08.10.18
The value of the high-performance pigments (HPP) market was estimated at $4.75 billion in 2016, rising to $5.49 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.9 percent, according to the latest report from Smithers Rapra. In volume terms, global consumption of high-performance and specialty pigments is expected to total 178,844 tons in 2016, rising to 206,921 tons by the end of 2021 at a CAGR of three percent.
The HPP market is highly competitive. Coatings manufacturers who purchase HPPs know they are paying a premium price and expect these products will offer outstanding performance characteristics such as high resistance to heat and light, enhanced weather fastness, and outstanding visual effects.
“Complex Inorganic Colored Pigments are the backbone of colored high-performance coatings,” said Christine A. Gehres, VP Business Unit Sales & Marketing, Heucotech, Ltd. “Using them in combination with organic pigments makes hiding and brilliant surfaces become true. Using them by themselves will result in long-lasting color stability.
“In terms of anticorrosive pigments there are different requir
The HPP market is highly competitive. Coatings manufacturers who purchase HPPs know they are paying a premium price and expect these products will offer outstanding performance characteristics such as high resistance to heat and light, enhanced weather fastness, and outstanding visual effects.
“Complex Inorganic Colored Pigments are the backbone of colored high-performance coatings,” said Christine A. Gehres, VP Business Unit Sales & Marketing, Heucotech, Ltd. “Using them in combination with organic pigments makes hiding and brilliant surfaces become true. Using them by themselves will result in long-lasting color stability.
“In terms of anticorrosive pigments there are different requir
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