The modern-day world of paint and coatings bears little resemblance to the days when cavemen used primitive ingredients to construct the “paints” that they used to adorn their cave walls. Helping create this growth will be next generation paint and coatings formulations that incorporate all of the available new technologies. These technologies rely on a wide array of new feedstocks, chief among them being binders, solvents and additives. This white paper highlights a specific type of pumping technology—positive displacement air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) — that offers the operational characteristics and reliability, especially in high-pressure transfer of binders, solvents and adhesives.