The building sector represents one of the most important areas for the application of powder coating technology. In response to this challenge, the powder manufacturing industry is consistently developing new products and researching both application techniques and potential uses for its customer industries. Catnic Components Ltd is one of Britain's leading manufacturing and exporters of building lintels, garage doors and other metal building components, such as joist hangers, struts, straps, mesh and lath. The coating system is briefly, described.