A challenging period has meant a supply chain that is struggling to meet demand in the powder coatings industry. While recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US market was hit by winter storm Uri in February 2021, which heavily impacted the petrochemical and raw material supplies for the industry. Biller suggests the pandemic and storm combined may have slowed the supply chain down by nine months or more. Consumer spending habits also diverted production and shipping to delivering consumer products instead of coating raw materials. Business may now be booming but manufacturers are still struggling ...