Paints and coatings: Relationships
Every element and industry that Paints and coatings is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.
- Titanium dioxide: Titanium dioxide is the white pigment that gives paint its hiding power, and paint took about 56% of all TiO2 in 2020. It can be up to 40% of a paint's raw material cost, so pigment prices and trade duties flow into paint makers' margins; Chinese pigment met about 57% of India's demand in the investigation period, and India imposed new duties in October 2026. (researched)
- Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft: Every vehicle body passes through a multi-layer paint shop and every hull needs anti-fouling paint, so coating makers sell into vehicle and ship production and then again into repair: at Axalta, a leading supplier, refinish for body shops was 40% of 2025 sales against 36% for light and commercial vehicle makers. (researched)
- Crude oil: Crude oil is a raw material for paints and coatings; their prices have moved together.
- Acrylic acid: Their prices have moved together.
- Adhesives and sealants: Their prices have moved together.
- Aerospace and defence: Aerospace and defence depends on paints and coatings.
- Building materials: Building materials depends on paints and coatings.
- Cement: Their prices have moved together.
- Computers and electronics: Computers and electronics depends on paints and coatings.
- Construction and infrastructure: Construction and infrastructure depends on paints and coatings.
- Construction chemicals: Their prices have moved together.
- Education and research: Education and research depends on paints and coatings.
- Epoxy resins: Their prices have moved together.
- Furniture: Furniture depends on paints and coatings.
- Generators and alternators: Their prices have moved together.
- Gypsum: Their prices have moved together.
- Healthcare services: Healthcare services depends on paints and coatings.
- Hospitality and tourism: Hospitality and tourism depends on paints and coatings.
- Machinery and equipment: Machinery and equipment depends on paints and coatings.
- Media and entertainment: Media and entertainment depends on paints and coatings.
- Metal products: Metal products depends on paints and coatings.
- Organic pigments: Their prices have moved together.
- Paper and packaging: Paper and packaging depends on paints and coatings.
- Real estate: Real estate depends on paints and coatings.
- Refining and reforming: Their prices have moved together.
- Talc: Their prices have moved together.
- Titanium: Titanium is a raw material for paints and coatings.
- Transport and logistics: Transport and logistics depends on paints and coatings.
- Wood products: Wood products depends on paints and coatings.