Coating Pretreatment Companies

January 2023

AkzoNobel's Interpon Ready to Ship (RTS) powder coatings are available in the Chinese market. The RTS line's superior quality and performance, according to the business, will benefit product coaters of general industrial and architectural products.

The RTS series was designed for coaters who want quick, variable-quantity powder coating delivery. There are many different colours and textures in the line. The colour and finish options that were most popular across a wide range of sectors were selected in order to help address the most urgent project needs.

Through the RTS range for North Asia, architectural item coaters can obtain Interpon D powder coatings. The collection’s contemporary colours, textures, and finishes are meant to meet even the most demanding standards. Similar to this, the RTS line provides goods for the industrial market, such as the epoxy polyester powder coatings Interpon 600 and 700, which protect and enhance a variety of surfaces for usage both indoors and outdoors.

March 2023

Five powder coating manufacturing facilities in the United States and Latin America will receive an upgrade thanks to a $44 million investment announced by PPG. The projects are a part of PPG's strategic objectives to boost worldwide production and broaden its powder coatings capabilities in response to increased consumer demand for solutions with sustainable advantages.

The $30 million invested in U.S. plants and the $14 million invested in facilities in Latin America are expected to increase overall capacity, add the ability to produce bonded metallic powders, speed up processing times with automated packaging, and improve the capacity to produce small, medium, and large batches.  

Major players in the coating pretreatment market, including 3M Company, Kansai Paint Co. Ltd., Nihon Parkerizing Co. Ltd., Chemetall GmbH, AkzoNobel N.V., Axalata Coating System LLC, PPG Industries, Henkel AG & Co. KGgA, Sherwin-Williams Company, and others, are attempting to increase market demand by investing in research and development operations.