Coatings World - June 2012

this year, as per the report. India is the second most preferred destination for foreign investors, according to the report, “Doing Business in India” by Ernst & Young.

The American Coatings Show
sets new records with highest
attendance in 2012

With 427 exhibitors and more than 7,500 overall participants from 69 countries (2010: 328/6,700), the third edition of the American Coatings Show and Conference broke all of its previous records for visitors, exhibitors and footprint. The organizers—the American Coatings Association and Vincentz Network—said they were very pleased that each of the biennial events has increased in attendance.

Exhibitors from 19 countries (2010: 17) displayed a comprehensive range of products on more than 91,000 net square feet of exhibit space (2010: 68,100 square feet) covering all aspects of paint and coating formulation during the show held from May 8-10, 2012 at the Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis. Companies from abroad accounted for 35 percent of the exhibitors, and in addition to the U.S., leading countries represented at the show included China, Germany, Canada, India, South Korea, United Kingdom and Turkey.

The keynote speakers at the conference this year emphasized the ties between science and industry at the plenary session. More than 1,000 attendees learned at the conference from May 7-9 about the most recent research results and industrial developments in 16 thematically structured sessions—among them hot topics like the latest developments in the world of smart and functional coatings.

The American Coatings Award, presented
by the American Coatings Association and
Vincentz Network, honors the most out-
standing conference paper. This year, Dr.
Antony van Dyk of Dow Coating Materials
and Dr. Alan Nakatani from The Dow
Chemical Company received the award for
their paper, “Shear Rate Dependent Structure
of Polymer Stabilized TiO2 Dispersions.”
The Roon Award, sponsored by the
Coatings Industry Education Foundation,
recognizes exceptional technical papers in
the protective coatings field. The first place
award went to Marshall Ming, Georgia
Southern University, for “Smart Coatings
for Self-Healing Corrosion Protection,”
while second place went to Thomas Nelson,
North Dakota State University, for “Cat-
alyzed Crosslinking of Highly-Functional
Bio-Based Resins.”
Dr. Stuart Croll, chair of the depart-
ment of coatings and polymeric materials
at North Dakota State University, was rec-
ognized with the J. Mattiello Me-
morial Lecture Award for his out-
standing contributions to science,
technology, and engineering re-
lated to the coatings industry.