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MARCH 2022 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 69 based coatings (and bio-based encapsulation resins) so the industry can expect more high- performance, green solutions to come from Electrolube—now part of MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions. Having proven what this new product can do in terms of the envi- ronmental and performance benefits, we're aiming to include bio-based materials in all our new product developments moving forward. In years to come, more policies could be introduced to make fossil-fuel counterparts less appropriate and more expensive, perhaps through a carbon tax. Such future incentives would boost the demand for bio-based alter- natives across all market segments. I hope you have enjoyed this month's column and learned more about the benefits of bio-based coatings. In my next column, I'll be exploring more con- formal coating related topics. DESIGN007 Phil Kinner is the global busi- ness and technical director of conformal coatings at Electro- lube. To read past columns or contact Kinner, click here. Down- load your free copy of Electrol- ube's book, The Printed Circuit Assembler's Guide to… Conformal Coatings for Harsh Environments, and watch the micro webinar series "Coatings Uncoated!" improvement achieved with these innovative new materials. Whilst the development focus is very much on meeting the highly demanding require- ments of automotive and aerospace applica- tions, the high-performance levels of these materials make them a great choice for any application. e materials really come into their own whenever thermal shock cycling and condensation resistance are the two main failure mechanisms. As for testing the bio-based coating, much of the develop- ment work focussed on doing a lot of work in harsh environments, testing and demonstrat- ing improved condensation resistance due to the combined improvements of thickness and coverage provided by the material, further to the usual automotive requirements of thermal shock and max continuous operating tempera- tures with long term thermal humidity ageing, 5. Are there possibilities to increase the amount of bio-content within a coating and are more bio-based coatings in the pipeline? ere could be opportunities to increase bio-content in coatings but I don't see it as a binary equation. We are developing more bio-