Coil coating markets

The electrocoat paint market constitutes the largest single application of UF in the world. Virtually every automobile plant in the world uses electrocoat for the undercoat and virtually every installation utilizes UF. There are over 1,000 UF units in the automotive industry alone-not to mention appliance manufacturing, metal furniture, coil coating, and other metal electrocoat operations. 

Coil coatings are used to create intermediate coated products which are then used in an end market sector. The largest single end use for coil-coated products (60% by area coated) is in the building industry. This market can be further subdivided according to substrate coated, mainly galvanised or zinc-coated steel and aluminium, but a more useful sub-split is by coating type ... 

PEN applications in the wire and cable market include printer cable and insulated wire wraps. PEN has a higher Tg and melting point, as well as higher flame resistance than PET. PEN him coated with a dispersion consisting of epoxy resin and Al(OH3) gave a semi-cured insulating him. When applied on copper wire, wound, and heated, a coil with good flame retardance and adhesion between the wire and the him was obtained [65],... 

The coil sector is characterised by having both a small number of coatings suppliers and end users. In the USA there are five major coatings suppliers who hold more than 90% of market share. The market is a little more fragmented in Europe with up to a dozen significant suppliers. Both markets are of similar size, about lOSktpa of coatings. 

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