Coatings World - October 2011

is essential to ensuring innovation and high product quality. And high value-added functional coatings and inks can increase profit margins. One of the themes of the workshop is to cover the fundamental principles involved in formulation development, including selection of raw materials, design, characterization and optimization of coatings and ink formulations.

Workshop II: High Value-added Functional Coatings & Inks offers a discussion of high value-added functional coatings and inks with a number of practical examples. The focus will be on the underpinning scientific principles, the latest formulation development tools and functional products. The workshops will be delivered in a highly interactive manner. There will be opportunities for delegates to discuss their technical problems with Prof. Lin, who is very experienced at developing new coatings and inks products for manufacturers worldwide.

Workshop III: Emerging Technologies in Polymer and Coatings will be led by Dr. Jamil Baghdachi, professor of Polymers and Coatings, director of Coatings Research Institute at the Eastern Michigan University, USA. The objective of this workshop is to discuss the most recent advances in Emerging Technologies in Polymers and Coatings. In this three-hour tutorial, the applied science and technology of topics such as the application of nanotechnology to develop coatings with novel properties, smart coatings and materials, self-repair/self-healing, shape memory, stimuli responsive and antimicrobial polymers and coatings and future trends will be presented.

business opportunities within the coatings industry of Turkey. Born in Izmir, Turkey in 1958, Yigitbasi has been president of Yasar Coatings Group since 2001, a subdivision of Yasar Holding A.S., Turkey.

Yigitbasi studied mechanical engineering (MS) in Aachen Technical University, Germany. He started his career in Union As founding board member of Bosad, Association of the Turkish Paint Industry, he served as the president of the board and as the president of the organizing committee of “painistanbul 2010” exhibition congress.

Since March 2010, he has been the president of the board of trustees of Yasar University, Izmir.

Attendees will learn about Turkey’s consistent growth rate, following the restructuring of its financial sector. It is one of the highest in the OECD and its sustainable political climate, range of competitive markets, skilled workforce, young population and strategic geographic location, all contribute to the significance of the ‘Turkey Brand’.

One of these leading, high growth sectors is the Turkish coatings industry, which has almost doubled in size over the last ten years. Now valued at USD1.8 billion and ranked sixth in Europe, the sector is known both locally and globally for its expertise, as well as for its competitive and innovative technology.

There is an increasing demand in Turkey for quality and innovative coatings products. Decorative paints hold the largest share of the market at 40 percent. This is due to the rapid urbanization of Turkey’s major cities, in contrast to those in Europe, the implementation of new building and insulation standards, as well as a growing DIY market.

The share of the other coatings subsectors are spread between the metal industry 18 percent; automotive industry 12 percent; printing inks 10 percent; furniture nine percent; powder seven percent; and marine four percent.

The strength of the Turkish coatings sector, coupled with its projected rapid and sustainable growth, positions Turkey as an attractive emerging market. CW

“Globally, the coatings industry is
mature,” said Dip Dasgupta,
chairman of the CHINACOAT
Conference. “Technology transfer
through conferences and exhibi-
tions plays a vital role in the glob-
alization process. Innovation
needs to be informed by discus-
sion about new developments in
technology.”

National Presentation

This prestigious event aims at presenting to attendees the development of the coatings industry in China’s neighboring countries. After four successful years of presentations covering India, Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korea, Indonesia, Russia, Australia, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Bangladesh, this year Sinostar has invited the president of the Association of the Turkish Paint Industry to present an overview on the development of the coatings industry in Turkey today.