The lackluster economy has affected the coatings market as it has most sectors of the chemical industry.To maintain a competitive position in the marketplace,coatings producers must find a means of differentiating their products.Color and appearance are two characteristics that coatings manufacturers can use to do so.Globalization and consolidation within the coatings industry have forced coatings manufacturers to manage with widely varying color and appearance measurement systems.Demands for more specific data management by suppliers have also placed additional stress on the systems used by coatings producers for tracking color and appearance.
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