Waterbourne paint

Chinese box manufacturers commit to waterborne coatings

The latest Report from the Alternative Materials Committee of the Container Owners Association (COA) reveals that four of China’s largest container manufacturing groups are now in the process of changing their box production from solvent-based coatings to waterborne paint.

The “2016 COA Report on Availability of Waterborne Paints for the Container Industry” confirms that a firm timetable is now in place for the changeover. The changeover for factories located in South China will take place from 1 July 2016. Factories in the rest of China from 1 April 2017 unless major problems are encountered by the manufacturers in South China.

This switch results from an initiative by CCIA in response to new environmental regulations in China to reduce VOC emissions, with the threat of tough penalties being applied to both the container manufacturer and the paint supplier if any containers are painted using solvent borne paints after these dates.

The China Container Industry Association is an association of the four main container manufacturers (CIMC, Singamas, CXIC and Dong Fang International). Under the CCIA’s “VOCs Governance Self-Discipline Convention”, these manufacturers have voluntarily agreed with Chinese central and regional government to switch to the use of waterborne paint for container production.

As partners in the Convention, the paint suppliers Hempel, COSCO Kansai, Chugoku Marine Paints, KCC, Valspar, Dowill, Jointas, Baojun and Mega have agreed to support the container manufacturers to achieve this objective.