Chemistry Sectors: Paints, Coatings & Adhesives
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Colour has always fascinated humankind. While the paints used by our ancestors to decorate the walls of their cave dwellings were based on the same principles as the ones we use today (a binder and a colouring agent), modern paints are much more sophisticated. Today’s paints and coatings not only protect and beautify the substrate, they also have functional properties. They make objects last longer and so help save resources. They are used as anti-skid surfaces, they can reflect or absorb light, and they can act as electrical conductors. They cover virtually everything we use from household appliances, buildings, cars, ships and planes to computers, micro ships and printed circuit boards.
Printing inks are also part of our everyday life. Just imagine a world without books, newspapers or magazines, without banknotes or credit cards, without container labels or food and beverage packaging.
The paints and printing ink industries also benefit from a wide range of other chemical elements such as cellulose derivates, latex, olefins, hydrocarbon and rosin resins and polyols.
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Want to know more? Find out about the associations representing specific areas of those sectors:
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