Coating & Product Development
Custom Formulations
Engineered for Performance, Application and Scale
APV develops custom water- and solvent-based coating technologies engineered around your specific performance, application, and compliance requirements. From new product development to improving an existing formulation, our chemists and equipment engineers work alongside your team to create scalable, application-ready solutions and support a successful transition from development through commercialization.
Solving Complex Coating & Formulation Challenges
Sometimes an off-the-shelf product simply isn’t enough. APV partners with manufacturers to develop specialized formulations around the requirements of the product, substrate, production environment, and end-use application.
Our coating and product development capabilities can help when you need to:
- Develop a new coating or chemical formulation
- Improve the performance of an existing product
- Solve a specific performance or durability issue
- Address environmental or regulatory requirements
- Optimize chemistry for a particular substrate or application method
- Improve application or production performance
- Scale a successful formulation for commercial production
Whether you come to APV with detailed specifications or a performance problem that still needs to be defined, our technical team can help determine the right path forward.
Testing & Validation Capabilities
Developing the right chemistry is only part of the process. APV’s fully equipped laboratory allows our team to evaluate formulations against a wide range of industry-standard specifications and real-world performance requirements.
Depending on your application, testing capabilities include:
- Salt Spray Resistance
- Hardness
- UV Resistance
- Flexibility
- Water Immersion
- Cold Resistance
- Humidity Resistance
- Mar & Scuff Resistance
- Mold & Mildew Resistance
- Acid Resistance
- Gasoline, Hot Oil & Antifreeze Exposure
Testing requirements can be incorporated into the development process from the beginning, allowing our chemists to refine formulations against the performance criteria that matter most to your application.
Our Process
From Formulation to Commercialization
We start by understanding the substrate, performance characteristics, physical properties, environmental and regulatory considerations, application method, and testing requirements for the project.
Why Develop With APV?
Working with APV brings formulation development, testing, application expertise, and manufacturing capabilities together under one roof. That integrated approach helps reduce the disconnect that can occur when a formulation moves from the laboratory to the production line.
In-House R&D
In-House R&D
Testing & Validation
Testing & Validation
Application Expertise
Application Expertise
Commercial Manufacturing
Commercial Manufacturing
Scalability From the Start
Scalability From the Start
Products
What We Develop
Our custom formulation experience spans a broad range of industrial coating and chemical technologies. Explore some of the product categories APV develops and manufactures:
- Cements
- Coatings
- Ply Marking Crayons & Dot Markers
- Electronics & Energy Products
- Identification Marking
- Maskant Materials
- Paints
- Primers
- Tire & Rubber Inks
- Tire & Rubber Lubricants
- Tire & Rubber Paints
- Transfer Inks
Contact Us
Partner with APV Engineered Coatings
Contact us today to discuss your project. We’ll be happy to provide product samples, safety data sheets, or a complimentary quote.