The Role of HALOX Corrosion Inhibitors and LOPON Additives on Improving Sustainability in Coatings Formulation

The improvement of the sustainability of paint formulations became of big interest in recent years, not only due to an increased regulatory pressure but also due to an increased demand by the end-users. The term sustainability also contains an economic aspect, so increasing the for example the durability will also improve the overall sustainability of a coating formulation.

This presentation demonstrates how different additives can improve the sustainability of coatings. The durability of a metal coating may be increased by using less environmentally harmful corrosion inhibitors or even the use of bio-based organic inhibitors. How optimized tannin-stain inhibitors can increase tannin blocking resistance without impacting VOC and labelling. Further we will present a new VOC-optimized pH-adjusting agent, providing superior wetting and film-building properties.