Nina Musche Editor T +49 511 9910-214 This is a tough one, powder coatings being the topic for my first editorial for the European Coatings Journal. But it fits in a way. Powder coatings are known as very tough, versatile and long lasting. Well, I think, I could live with these attributes as well. This issue of the ECJ features this special type of coatings. It is only around 10 % of the total coatings volume worldwide, but highly valued in the applications it is used in. Some more interesting numbers can ...