AC CONFERENCE
First-hand Knowledge of Coatings
AMERICAN COATINGS CONFERENCE PUTS FOCUS ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
˜ The American Coatings CONFERENCE
(ACC) 2012 will offer 16 thematically
structured sessions: Measuring &
Testing, Radiation Curing, Pigments,
Architectural Coatings I+II, Protective Coatings I+II, Biobased Coatings
I+II, Modelling & Measuring, Polyurethanes, Epoxy Coatings, Waterborne
Systems, Smart & Functional Coatings,
and Novel Materials.
In addition to these theme-related sessions, the “Science Today – Coatings
Tomorrow” session will highlight future-oriented developments in coatings technology. Expert university scientists will
present research findings that might lead
to future solutions for the coatings world.
To name but a few, multifunctional, antifouling and biobased coatings will be
discussed.
All in all, 96 outstanding presentations
will be given from May 7-9, 2012, at the
Indiana Convention Center.
Architectural coatings will be one
of the hot topics at the ACC. Two sessions will be dedicated to the science
behind these coatings. Among others, structured nano-acrylic polymers,
high-gloss alkyd emulsion paints, and
low-VOC waterborne systems will be
addressed .
Protective coatings will also be the
central focus at two sessions that deal
with waterborne epoxies, curing agents,
waterborne sol-gel systems, multiphase
acrylics, epoxy-siloxane binders, and
many other materials.
Biobased systems have gained more
traction in the industry. The trend can
also be seen at the ACC: 12 presentations divided into two sessions will deal
with binders featuring a high-biobased
content, multifunctional biobased coatings, biobased polyols, soy methyl ester
chemistry, and more.
Measuring and testing methods will be
a hot topic at the ACC as well. Pigment
Source: Heiko Stahl
The 16 thematically structured sessions will attract a great deal of attention
particle characterization
and spectroscopic analysis are just two of the subjects that the sessions’
speakers will address.
More information at
www.american-coatings-show.com/
conference
Open Innovation and Sustainability
˜ The American Coatings CONFERENCE
will kick off with two keynote presentations given by Kent Young of The
Sherwin Williams Company and Kesh
Narayanan of the National Science
Foundation.
The high cost and fluctuating avail-
ability of petroleum-based raw materi-
als makes developing renewable and
sustainable sources of raw material a
research imperative. Kent Young will
present the results of a multi-year part-
nership between soybean farmers, the
United Soy Bean Board, and The Sher-
win-Williams Company, which led to
the development of an innovative new
paint technology that utilizes soybean
oil and recycled plastic bottles (PET).
Kent Young,
The Sherwin
Williams
Company
Kesh Narayanan,
National Science
Foundation
tional Science Foundation will present
another increasingly important topic:
open innovation between academia
and industry.
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BOOTH 2128
American Coatings Show
Indianapolis, May 8–10, 2012
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