Innovation Insights

How Technical Scouting Fuels Innovation

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:22:19 -0400

This proactive R&D strategy helps coatings manufacturers stay ahead of disruption.

Material Science Startup Technology

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:32:05 -0400

Material science startups face unique challenges in scaling innovations for coatings, requiring significant investment, strategic partnerships and extended development timelines.

Electric Avenue: The Changing Landscape of Mobility

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:41:23 -0500

Electric vehicles are transforming transportation, creating new demands for coatings that enhance durability, safety, energy efficiency and sustainability in an evolving regulatory landscape.

The Intersection of AI and Materials Research

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:17:18 -0400

AI and machine learning inspire the discovery/design of new materials and the processes to manufacture them. Autonomous R&D pushes the envelope for building predictive models and platforms that drive high-throughput innovation. How did we get here so fast, and where will this global megatrend take us?

Challenges of Sustainability in a Climate-Conscious World

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:49:14 -0400

Human stewardship of the Earth is undergoing a metamorphosis—and for very good reasons. The planet is getting hotter, and the situation is getting worse. How can the paint industry, whose products literally cover the Earth, re-engineer its products and processes toward a more sustainable future?

Improving Global Health with Coatings Technology

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:45:07 -0400

Paint and coatings contribute to global health in many unseen ways, like reducing the risk of infection, keeping our food supply chain safer, giving us more time to escape a fire, and eliminating exposure to dangerous materials. Get the details in this installment of our new Innovation Insights column.