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Its top seller is its UV Protection Oil, “probably because it’s a clear coating which has a UV filter to delay the onset of the wood turning silver without the use of pigments”. Having said that, Mr Thompson added that sales of pigment versions found in the UV Protection Oil Tints range have also grown. “The pigmented products will increase the longevity and extend the maintenance intervals,” he said.


Last year saw the launch of a new water- based opaque finish, Garden Colour and two new colours added to the UV Protection Oil Tints.


As for new products for 2022, Osmo is


keeping its cards close to its chest but says it has “huge plans which should enable greater market share in the pigmented finish arena, especially for external products”. While clear products are still requested the most, Osmo is currently working on more natural colour shades in its external opaque range, Country Colour, to mirror the paint industry.


Remmers has been working on “several


new exciting projects which will be released in quarter one”, and Teknos GBI is also promising new releases this year. “Due to the raw material shortages we decided to postpone new product launches [in 2021] and focus on our core portfolio,” said Jon Mears. “This means we have a busy 2022 lined up with lots of new products. Watch this space.”


For AkzoNobel, its Sikkens Wood Coatings brand tops its sales in the UK, with customers “reassured by the brand’s extensive history and experience in developing high performing, durable systems”. Its RUBBOL 100% UV cured range was successfully launched last year and targeted at “customers looking for new possibilities to advance their wood window manufacturing processes, by using instant drying solutions that provide shorter production times, increased capacity and energy savings”. And the company will keep up the momentum in 2022 with its new CETOL range, including CETOL WF 98xx, a translucent range of waterborne single pack top coats for wooden windows, doors and claddings, which the company says provides “excellent application properties, transparency and high durability. This range is suitable for all kinds of woods, giving a high-quality surface and a great look and feel to any wooden doors, joinery or cladding, whilst delivering no dirt pick-up and excellent levelling”. The range was tested under AkzoNobel’s global weathering programme. Another product in the new range is CETOL WM 6900 – translucent waterborne single pack midcoats for wood species prone to bleeding. Suitable for components made of hardwood and softwood, with versions for dipping and flow coat (CETOL WM 6900-02)


or spray (CETOL WM 6900-03) application. CETOL WM 6900 gives good isolating properties against discolouring tannin extracts, without addition of heavy metals. Also in the range is CETOL WM 6100 – translucent waterborne single pack midcoats “offering a long-lasting, high performing solution and demonstrating excellent transparency (crystal clear), superior pore filling, and unprecedented sandability with minimised risk of sanding through for a silky- smooth surface”. Anker Stuy’s top selling products are its Hydrolux programme and Wood Stain TP. “The Hydrolux sales have expanded and have become a higher proportion of our sales than they even were before,” said Dave Christie. He added that sales of Wood Stain TP had been hampered slightly by timber supply shortages affecting the cladding sector but that he anticipated an improvement in 2022. The Hydrolux products – fast drying, high quality paints for windows and doors – have been improved and the range expanded. “We have developed a thicker product that goes on at a much higher film build and we have also developed a product that works on a much wider range of timber species,” said Mr Christie. “Some timber is rich is tannins, which can stain paint finishes, so we have come up with an isolation primer – Hydrolux Isoprimer.”


When it comes to trends in terms of colours and types of finish, Mr Christie says he’s seen a slight upturn in stain finishes recently but that opaque paint finishes remain more popular, accounting for up to 80% of Anker Stuy UK’s work.


As for colours, Anker Stuy offers matches to the main “trendy colour ranges” and says this is expanding all the time. “It is a very bespoke requirement and there is such a wide variety of different colours that


people want,” said Mr Christie. “Our library of colours over the last year has probably quadrupled over what we made in 2020.” For Teknos, grey has been a popular choice for several years and the “flawless spray finish” has been preferred,” said Mr Mears. “However, there is a growing demand for warmer colours and a traditional brushed finish, especially for interiors. We expect this to grow over the coming year.” Grey shades have also dominated the


market for Remmers, along with pastel shades. “And dead matt and low gloss systems are growing in popularity,” said Paul Scott. Osmo says it is seeing a shift from the traditional clear oils that are associated with deepening the colour of wood, to its products “that stop the ‘ambering’ of wood and produce an untreated, minimal colour change in the appearance”.


“This has been introduced into our Polyx/


TopOil/DoorOil and UV Protection Oil product range,” said Mr Thompson.


And, at AkzoNobel, the dedicated global colour and design team for wood coatings has worked to create “unique complementary aesthetic wood coatings finishes for furniture, cabinetry, flooring and building products”. It has identified a trend for less distressing, a preference for less grey and more colour, the growing popularity of natural designs and smoother wood, such as birch, cherry, burl, walnut and maple.


“Consumers are also opting for organic elements, such as rattan, jute, sisal and stone, while moving away from pale and desaturated furnishings,” said Mr Sternberger. “We always consider the latest trends for coatings development and our highly trained technical service and global colour and design teams work closely together to ensure our finishes are robust but also can be industrialised across the globe.” ■


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