30th Biennial Western
Coatings Symposium
held in Las Vegas
Symposium offered attendees a wide variety of technical presentations.
by Kerry Pianoforte, Associate Editor
The 30th Biennial Western Coatings Symposium, the In- ternational Year of Chemistry, was held October 24-26 at he Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., U.S. The
Symposium featured educational seminars and scientific/manu-facture progress updates, as well as tabletop exhibitions from a
variety of companies serving the coatings industry.
Symposium organizers were pleased with both the quality of
the presentations and the number of attendees. “People were
happy at the show,” said Sean Feng, president, West Coast Soci-
eties and chairman of the 30th Biennial Western Coatings Sym-
posium. “Exhibitors were excited with the waves of attendees.
Attendees were pleased with the number of presentations and
presenters were equally impressed that so many attendees
showed up at their talks. Every keynote speakers had dozens of
participants who stood to hear the talk.”
The Symposium commenced with keynote session, “U.S.
Economic Outlook,” by Robert Fry, a senior economist at
DuPont. “Where are we in terms of industrial production is
about where we were in 2008,” he said. “Growth is slow. The
trend is still down. The recovery is being driven by China,
Korea and Thailand. It started in China and spread through
the rest of the world.
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