PREPARING AHEAD

To what extent will powder coatings be affected by the classification? We assume that the legislation will be passed by early February. The impact for the powder coatings industry can be found in note W and note 10 of the 14th ATP. What seems clear to us is that the health hazard is defined as related to the aerodynamic diameter of the particles which contain TiO content and the micronisation technology that our industry is using. What will be the implications for powder coatings? This means that you could end up with a situation where two ...