![]() ![]() ![]() …And for certain types of products, such as any number of “off-the-shelf” architectural paints, this is largely the case. ![]() Isn’t it reasonable to expect that formulations would have become “simplified” over that span of time? That prototypes would have long ago been created for all paint and coatings producers, so that their formulations would always contain the minimum number of raw material components, used at objectively optimum levels so that each formulation could be reproduced exactly the same way, at the minimum cost, with the same production steps, and final physical and chemical properties on an on-going basis. Nonetheless, it is interesting to note that the request to make formulations “cleaner,” “simpler,” and “easier-to-manufacture” is an ongoing organizational request 50 years later. That’s a long time for such a basic set of requirements to remain unaltered, and it is reasonable to assume that this is because it is a sensible goal to set for the entire organization. If there is one thing that paint and coatings manufacturers from my early career have in common with today’s producers, it is that they are constantly striving to turn out the cleanest, simplest, and easiest-to-manufacture formulations with the least number of raw materials. I’ve been in the paint and coatings industry for 50 years this coming September, and have been privileged to be a close observer of the “ins and outs” of the paints and coatings value chain from a variety of perspectives, including basic R&D, applied R&D, technology development, supply chain, production, and senior management. ![]()
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