systems,” said Olaf Conreur, division-
al industrial product manager, Jotun
Powder Coatings.
“The Era-Coat MDF range opens
new horizons for the furniture indus-
try in terms of design and creativity,”
said Conreur. “We have a strong phi-
losophy to provide freedom of design
as testament to Jotun’s leadership in
the powder coatings industry and we
also ensure that the environmental
benefits we offer will make our prod-
ucts become more widely used in the
furniture market.”
Allowing the most benefit to industri-
al designers, Era-Coat MDF offers
almost unlimited design opportunities,
with properties that allows it to work
for pieces of any shape as well as round-
ed corners and contoured edges.
Complimenting the Era-Coat MDF
32T, the Era-Coat MDF Primo is a
basecoat that gives excellent adhe-
sion and sealing properties to the
MDF board. When used in combina-
tion with Era-Coat MDF 32T as a top
coat, and following strict quality and
process control procedures, Era-Coat
MDF Primo extends the use of MDF
powder coatings to a larger range of
high end products within the furni-
ture industry.
“With the launch of Era-Coat MDF,
we are empowering designers to
design, color and coat MDF to the
highest standards,” said Conreur.
“The unveiling of this new range
underlines our continuous efforts to
introduce technologically-advanced
coatings that answers the specific
challenges faced by the furniture and
other related industries.”
Founded in 1926 in Norway, Jotun is
one of the world’s leading paint and
coating manufacturers. Today, Jotun’s
diverse product range includes decora-
tive, protective, marine, floor/concrete
protection, powder coatings and intu-
mescent coatings.
powder coatings to stick to plastics
and composites without the need for a
wet paint finish on heat-sensitive sub-
stances. The process is also said to be
zero-waste and removes the impact of
solvent emissions that comes with
wet-paint coatings.
Voytek Gutowski,
of the Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organization, a
government research agency, expects
the process to be used in automotive,
aviation, furniture and building prod-
uct-manufacturing industries. The
zero-waste process works by coating
plastic components with a layer of
molecules that provide conductivity to
surfaces and allow powder coatings to
stick before they are cured for a
smooth finish. The technology is
already in pre-production trials at sev-
eral commercial ventures in Australia
and internationally. CW
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