Efficiency: Key raw materials to watch in industrial coatings for 2025-26

Efficiency covers formulation trends aimed at reducing extra steps or materials and increasing productivity — reducing weight, temperature curing, formulation costs, faster product processes, curing speed and return to service, saving energy, and utilising higher film thickness and fewer layers.

They are easy to handle and disperse, offering a biocide-free, dry format that eliminates the need for special temperature-controlled transport. Compared to standard liquid pigment preparations, they offer higher pigment content, prevent sedimentation, do not dry and have extended shelf life.