In an environment shaped by stringent regulations, ambitious sustainability goals, and mounting pressure to accelerate innovation, the paints and coatings industry faces complex and evolving challenges. Research and development teams must manage large volumes of data from formulations, trials, and tests, which often remain fragmented and underutilized, slowing decision-making and new product development.
To address these challenges, LabV, a material intelligence platform for research and development and part of the NETZSCH Group, has published the whitepaper “Formulating. Testing. Deciding. How digitalization and AI drive innovation in the paint and coatings Industry,” authored by Charles Jouanique, a professional with over 14 years of experience in the industrial sector, specialising in digitalisation, artificial intelligence, and data-driven processes.
The paper analyses the main challenges currently shaping formulation development and demonstrates how a structured, digital approach to data management can help companies improve R&D efficiency, strengthen decision-making, and accelerate innovation.
Through this whitepaper, LabV presents its vision and approach to data-driven materials development, showing how digital technologies and artificial intelligence can unlock the value of existing knowledge and support the creation of higher-performance products.
The whitepaper is freely available and offers valuable insights for industry professionals seeking to understand the opportunities digitalization brings to paints and coatings research and development.
Read the whitepaper here.