The article reports on the development of the powder coating technology since it was discovered by German scientist Erwin Gemmer in the 1950s. It says that the powder coating industry attained a significant commercial growth in the 1970s and it continued in the 1980s. It notes the introduction of high quality powder coatings at several automobile assembly plants in the 1990s. Moreover, the ultraviolet (UV) curable powder coating was developed.