Brownell Boat Stands Low-VOC Coating

In an effort to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from its coating operations, Brownell Boat Stands Incorporated switched from a low-percent solids paint thinned with toluene to high-solids coatings that could be thinned with acetone, a non-VOC. Brownell also expanded its manufacturing facility to allow product inventory to be stored inside, and installed an automatic dip coating machine to handle a portion of the company’s production line. Thanks to these changes, the company has been able to reduce facility VOC emissions by half while steadily increasing production.