The demand for water-based paint systems has increased continuously over the last decades. The environmentally compatible systems have become more and more important due to regulatory requirements and the demand from end users. Especially in the segment of architectural coatings, the share of water-based systems is relatively high at over 85 %. In the industrial coatings segment, the share of water-based paints and coatings is less than 10 %. In the industrial maintenance and repair (IM) and corrosion protection (PC) segments, water-based coatings also play only a small role. The market research and consulting company Orr & Boss ...