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NEWS
Heubach Launches Digital
Trendbook
The Heubach Group, a provider of diversified organic, inorganic, and anticorrosive
pigments, pigment preparations, dyes and specialty materials, has
announced the latest edition of its automotive colour previews: Automotive
Styling Shades 2027 Trendbook, " Plan B for Planet A " . With this, Heubach
continues Clariant's BU Pigments tradition of the biennial colour trend
forecasting of the " Trendbook " series.
Titled " Plan B for Planet A " , the 2027 Trendbook, Heubach says, is about the
many aspects which make our planet worth living on and fighting for. Protecting
the environment is just one of them, but freedom, human rights, justice, and
personal well-being are equally important.
The new 2027 Trendbook is entirely digital, easily accessible on Heubach's
website, and linked with the innovative Car Color Configurator. Readers can
select the type of vehicle and the scenery in which the 28 trend colours are
displayed and download their individual version.
The Plan B for Planet A also includes a lower footprint of pigment production,
safer and easier to use products, and improved colour formulations. The merger
of the high-performance pigment ranges from Heubach and Clariant BU
Pigments expands the accessible colour space, while the shared formulation
know-how helps to improve the visibility of vehicles by RADAR and LIDAR
sensors which is a prerequisite for autonomous driving.
" Our 2027 Trendbook is not only about nice colours and how our Planet A
should be treated and run, but also about sharing ideas and information of stateof-the-art
production and synergized use of colour itself, " said Bernhard StengelRutkowski,
senior technical manager of Heubach's global technical marketing
coatings and colour formulator.
IFS Coatings Renew Manufacturers EPDs
for Architectural Powders
IFS Coatings has renewed its manufacturers Environmental Product
Declarations (EPDs) for each of its architectural grade, performance
powder coatings.
The company's 500FP FEVE powder coatings, IFS 400SD super
durable powder coatings, and IFS 300SP standard polyester powder
coatings have all achieved a renewed manufacturers EPD.
Glynn Mason, IFS Coatings president, said, " We recognise that
environmentally responsible design is increasingly important and we
truly believe our architectural range offers architects and designers the
environmentally responsible coatings choice without compromising on
performance. We are proud to have the scientific data to back this up. "
IFS Coatings' architectural range offers environmental advantages
such as no/low VOCs, no toxic compounds, no toxic landfill created in
manufacture or application, and the ability to reclaim, recycle and reuse
the powder.
" IFS is genuinely committed to being the environmentally
responsible choice; we choose not to manufacture liquid coatings for
this reason, " said Mason. " Investing in our EPDs has provided us with
third party verified scientific information on our architectural products'
environmental credentials and of course proves our commitment to
being the environmentally responsible choice. "
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