European Coatings Journal - 16.12.2022 | Eva Tejada | WOODCOATINGS CONGRESS AWARD WINNING PAPER

TOWARDS A SMALLER FOOTPRINT

The industrial wood coatings market is still a conservative industry, mainly dominated by 2K solvent-borne (SB) polyurethane (PU) technology [1-3], due to a combination of different benefits: Despite the multiple advantages of PU solvent-borne systems, the environmental drawback is the large amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) they contain (typically - 500 g VOC/l). In recent years, sustainability has gained in importance and developed into a vital trend in the field of wood coatings. The first step taken by the industry to improve the environmental impact of wood coatings has ...
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