Coatings advancement – a multi-functional approach

Until now, a t-shirt was just a t-shirt - A garment you would wear based on your preference and choice of various colours.

With the advances and changes in customer preference, the simple t-shirt has become a multi function, technology incorporating material you wear in various colours.

Now it dorns materials and coatings which makes it a multi-functional garment, giving enhanced protection, such as being water and stain repellent, fire retardant, changes colour as per external stimuli. It has also become a living entity with the fabric becoming breathable and self-cleaning along with weather protection.

Catching up with smartness quotient and Internet way of life, the E-Textiles/Smart Textiles - fabrics that enable digital components, sensors and electronics to be embedded in them, have started making headlines.

In stimulating the development of textiles, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology also are playing their roles with furthering research and innovation.

In a similar approach, the Coatings industry too is not satisfied with simple paints & coatings. Again consumer preference and technology advancement have made the coatings more - environment protective, corrosion and scratch resistant, weather durable, topped off with the most eye-catching gloss and shine. Moreover, there has been an evolution of components dynamics moving from metals to plastics parts. This has again changed the way coatings are developed and used.

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