New anti-corrosive painting technologies at the beginning of the 21st century

The aim of this work is to provide a general overview of current trends in anti-corrosive painting technologies for steel and galvanized steel substra tes. After some considerations of important aspects inherent to the environ ment and humans and to competitiveness and quality, a summary of new painti ng technologies is given, in particular solvent-free liquid paints, powder paints, water-based paints, and radiation-cured paints. As a complement to this, mention is made of specific aspects concerning galvanized steel and a pplication technologies, such as cataphoresis and autophoresis. Finally, so me references are presented concerning the short- and mid-term future of an ticorrosive painting technologies.