Recent Trends in Coating Pigment Use and Formulation Practice in Asia and Western Markets

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  • コート紙における世界およびアジアの顔料トレンド
  • コートシ ニ オケル セカイ オヨビ アジア ノ ガンリョウ トレンド

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Pigment use and formulation practice in coated papers has seen marked changes in the past 40 years. In general the trend was for coatings to become increasingly more sophisticated in order to meet the advertising world’s need for better visual image. That together with machinery advances had driven significant pigment developments up until the mid-2000’s.<BR>Now, however, the world has changed. The global downturn in 2008⁄9 together with ever increasing competition between print and digital media has fundamentally changed the global paper industry. It is clear that cost is now the main driver affecting coating recipe design and developments focused purely on improving quality are now largely a thing of the past.<BR>In this paper we explore the changes in the global and Asian paper markets that have occurred since the peak in 2007 and how these changes have affected pigment demand, pigment use and formulation design.<BR>We conclude by looking at what this could mean for future pigment demand and show how kaolin, which has declined recently in recipes, can still bring value to paper making.

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  • JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL

    JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL 67 (9), 977-986, 2013

    JAPAN TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY

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