Library: Resources & Media
Press Releases
07/28/2022
ChemQuest, Agilis Commerce begin collaboration to co-market digital commerce solutions for the chemical industry
06/22/2022
Jenna Blankenship joins The ChemQuest Group as Director of Marketing
06/08/2022
Specialty Chemicals Executive Julie Vaughn Biege joins The ChemQuest Group as Director
06/01/2022
The ChemQuest Group Announces TraQr™ an Interactive Global Industry and Macroeconomic Forecasting Dashboard
05/05/2022
International Coatings Leader Jason Woods, Experienced Technology, Processes and Products Innovator, joins The ChemQuest Group as Director
Market Reports
US Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2019 – 2024)
Global Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2019 – 2024)
North American Market Report for Adhesives and Sealants with Global Overview
Articles
The view from the other side…
Just a few months ago, at the start of 2022, we were holding our breath that the new year would be easier than the preceding pandemic years. Cautiously optimistic that the country could avoid any major weather events, that raw materials would become more readily...
Ask Joe Powder: June 2022
Our popular Ask Joe Powder blog has made its way to the pages of PCI magazine. What are your powder coating questions and challenges? Joe Powder, aka Kevin Biller of ChemQuest Powder Coating Research, shares his powder coating knowledge and expertise by answering...
Collaboration at the Intersection of Innovation, Ecology, and Economics
In the past several years, many in-depth articles have been written across the industry heralding a wide variety of advances suggesting that biobased materials were on the verge of achieving explosive growth. Some of these coatings manufactured from "natural" or...
New Ways to Spray
For decades, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) have used specially designed robots to paint automobiles, all types of parts, and heavy equipment in a factory environment. To accommodate customer needs, coating chemists have created multiple coating formulas and...
Understanding the Chemical Industry and Current Challenges for Coatings and Adhesives, Part 2
As discussed in Part 1 of this article, published in March 2022, chemical businesses have spent the last two years "fighting fires" as COVID-19 put the industry's resilience to the test — dealing with supply-chain disruptions, greater feedstock volatility, shifting...
The Wonderful Wide World of (Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive) Tape
Well over 30 years ago, within the first week of my then-budding career with a global pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape manufacturer, a sales colleague opened a presentation with the phrase, “Tape is my life.” Not only was that the first time I had ever heard...
Newsletters
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – Q2 2022
This year has presented the chemicals and materials industry with many challenges: supply chain volatility, surging fuel and feedstock costs, shifting regulations, and the unpredictability of global health, conflict, and economic impacts. At ChemQuest, we are focused...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – Q1 2022
With reflection back to the beginning of 2022, we can comment that the year is off to a busy start. Attending conferences and trade shows, visiting with clients, international and domestic business travel ... in some ways it feels like we never skipped a beat. Read...