International. Organizations such as the Master Painters Institute (MPI) and the Society for Coating Protection (Sspc) are developing standards specifically designed to achieve higher performance in commercial architectural coatings that also meet the different needs of this market.
Steven Reinstadtler, construction marketing manager in coatings at Bayer MaterialScience, spoke about the migration of industrial coatings in the architectural sector, during a talk called "The sustainable movement in high-performance industrial maintenance coatings in the architectural market", at the Sspc 2013 event in San Antonio, United States.
Reinstadtler explained that the sustainability of the architectural coatings value chain means more durability and robustness, longer time between maintenance cycles, water-based systems with fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs), fewer solvents and fewer odors.
The executive added that several application areas have experienced a successful migration of industrial coatings to the architectural market. Applications in floors, interiors and exteriors on the wall, as well as in graffiti-resistant applications. As long as technologies and formulations continue to improve, industrial coatings will be progressively incorporated into the architectural market, according to Reinstadtler.
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