Fresh Paint
also known as conductive coatings,
which are used to help protect
enclosed electronic devices from electromagnetic and radio frequency
“noise” or interference. The Sherwin-Williams chemical coatings division,
which serves the product finishing
market through 75 company-owned
facilities in North America, will distribute Spraylat’s conductive coatings
to electronics-industry OEMs and
product finishing shops.
BENJAMIN MOORE NAMES
HUE AWARD WINNERS
Amy Wax of Montclair has won the
top prize for Residential Exteriors in
the 2010 Benjamin Moore HUE
Awards. Wax is the first professional
color consultant to receive a HUE
Award. A student of color theory with
a B.F.A. from Syracuse University,
she combined her educational back-
ground and family ties in real estate
to create her business, Your Color
Source Studios, Inc., which offers
color advice to homeowners and
building and design professionals.
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN COATINGS & ADHESIVES MARKET
EXPECTED TO BE WORTH $3.7 BILLION IN 2010
According to a new technical market research report,
“Nanotechnology in Coatings and Adhesive Applications:
Global Markets,” from BCC Research, the global market
value for nanotechnology in coatings and adhesives is an
estimated $3.7 billion in 2010, but is expected to increase
to nearly $19.2 billion in 2015, for a 5-year compound
annual growth rate (CAGR) of 39.3%.
The largest segment of the market, nanocoatings, is
expected to increase at a five-year CAGR of 39.5%, from
$3.4 billion in 2010 to nearly $18 billion in 2015.
The other segment, nanoadhesives, is expected to
reach a value of $1.2 billion in 2015. The market in 2010
is estimated at $257 million. Thus, the five-year CAGR
is projected to be 36.4%.
Robust potential markets for nanocoatings and
nanoadhesive products exist worldwide for a myriad of
applications spanning medical and healthcare, electronics, energy, transportation, construction, packaging,
forestry, textile and homeland security sectors.
This report is divided into two primary sections—
nanocoatings and nanoadhesives—to survey existing
and emerging technologies in these markets worldwide,
survey and provide an analysis on relevant patents, as
well as to profile the key companies involved with the
development of products in these areas.
