Climate is a world leader in the field of powder coating heat sensitive substrates for building materials.
A heat sensitive substrate is a material such as MDF, plywood or plasterboard that is essentially non-conductive and sensitive to the temperatures required during the powder coating cure process.
The metal powder coating industry is worth $12 billion (USD) globally and started in the 1960’s as a more efficient, economic and durable alternative to solvent based liquid coatings for metallic materials.
Everything from window joinery, furniture, lawn mowers to cars are powder coated today. Growth in the past 20 years has been driven by legislative changes to air pollution regulation aimed at reducing pollution from volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from solvent based coatings.
Since the late 1990’s entrepreneurs and multinational corporates around the world invested time and resources into the development of powder coating technology for heat sensitive substrates such as MDF for furniture and kitchen cabinetry. The objective has been to impart the decorative and functional properties of powder coating onto materials that are susceptible moisture, chemicals, wear and UV light.
Unfortunately, the industry suffered a false start, the technology required further R&D time and resources to resolve critical issues, during which many companies commercialised powders, coating application plants and released products to market resulting in company and product failures.
The industry proved resilient however and today the technology and supporting knowledge is delivering all the value and promise it had originally intended.
Climate is at the forefront of this evolving market and technology, having been an early adopter, developer and now leader in the field.
