Can you imagine A WORLD WITHOUT COATINGS?
Can you imagine a world without coatings?
你能否想象一个没有涂料存在的世界？
Here's your everyday kitchen. Let's start by getting rid of the wallpaper and paint. There will be no protection for your wooden cabinets and work surfaces, and no coating on your washing machine and other appliances.
这是你家厨房，要不要感受一下去掉所有的墙纸、涂料和颜色？（我觉得这得用想的）木质橱柜和台面没有任何颜色和图层，冰箱和洗衣机等电器全是裸露的金属…
Say goodbye to the brands and colors on food packaging. The food would look like this from inside without coatings keep the content edible. Nonstickpans won't be nonstick anymore. Without printing, there will be no more daily newspapers and no books.
和印有品牌和五颜六色包装的食品说再见吧，包装食品从内部看会是这个样子，不粘锅不再是不粘锅，书和报纸也将不复存在…
Without paint, your car would look just like anyother car and it's also prone to faster rusting. The world's shippingfleet would use 40% more fuel without a coating or paint to prevent the buildupof barnacles and algae. That's equivalent to 70 million less tonnes of greenhousegasses per year or planting a forest bigger than UK or Irland. Coatings help keep the aeroplanes in the sky by safe guarding and protecting vital componentsand lighter weright coatings mean the plane saves energy consumption.
没有了涂料，汽车看上去都一样一样的，并且很容易生锈；没有了涂料，世界上所有船公司每年要多花40%的燃料来防止腐蚀和海藻聚集。这相当于每年产生7000万吨温室气体，或者相当于种植比英格兰或者爱尔兰还要大的森林（OMG!!）。飞机涂层保护飞机在空中安全飞行，保护重要组件的同时还有隔热作用，也能为飞机节省燃料。很神奇有木有？
Powder coatings used on solar pannels help make your home more sustainable and talking of sustainability , 80% of house paints sold in UK are now waterborne significantly reducing emissions of solvents into the atmosphere. And ourcoatings extend the lifetime of machinery, buildings and bridges, protecting variable natural resources, such as wood, concrete and steel from the elements.So how important is the coating industry to ECONOMY?
太阳能电池板表面使用的粉末涂料，让设备可持续使用。英国80%的建筑物改为水性涂料，减少了大量的废气排入大气。涂层延长了机械、建筑物和桥梁的使用寿命，保护木材、混凝土和钢铁等可变自然资源不受或者少受外界环境影响。那么，有木有感受到涂料对经济的影响有多重要呢？
The paints andcoatings, printing inks and wall covering industries supply the construction, home improvements, printing, automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing sectors worth over a hundred and fifty billion pounds to UK PLC which employ more than 1 million people.
涂料、油漆、油墨和外墙涂料等工业为英国建筑、家装、印刷、汽车、航空和其他先进制造业带来超过1500亿欧元的产值，并且提供了超过100万个就业岗位。
3 out of every 4 cans of paint sold in UK are made in this country and they export 30% of allpaints made there, making UK a net exporter of paints.
英国市场上零售的油漆3/4是国产，其中30%出口，可以说英国是一个成品涂料进出口国。
Coatings are most looked at, yet the most overlooked product. BCF is the sole coating association for UK paints and coatings, printing inks and wall covering industries.
涂料，这是一个人们最最最容易看到，但最最最最最容易被忽视的产品。BCF，英国涂料联盟，英国涂料产业链的唯一协会。
