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H Exhibitors will be making short presentations about their latest products
on the show floor. Speakers will share
and explain in detail the performance
and underlying technology of their
products.
Brief product presentations at the American Coatings SHOW afford an opportunity for attendees to obtain first-hand
information about the industry’s latest
product developments. In 15-minute segments, the exhibitors will discuss innovations in technical product properties
Products
Presented in Brief
EXHIBITORS INTRODUCE THEIR LATEST PRODUCTS
and market trends. To focus interests,
the presentations will be grouped by
topic. Each presentation will be followed
by a brief discussion between attendees
and speakers. Admission to these informative lectures is free, with no previous
registration required. An overview of
product presentations will soon be available on the ACS website, which offers
visitors the ability to plan their time at
the show in advance. After the ACS, all
the presentations will be made available
to visitors online.
An overview
of product
presentations
will soon be
available
on the ACS
website.
“Weathering and UV Exposure
are Major Concerns”
PROTECTIVE COATINGS: HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
H In the realm of protective coatings,
solventborne coatings are still the
predominant coatings of choice, says
Yasmin Sayed-Sweet, vice president of
sales and marketing at Alberdingk Bol-ey, Inc. Next to high performance, high
quality and increased VOC regulation,
longer service life of these coatings has
emerged as another development driver.
What do you consider the key drivers
for protective coatings and why?
Yasmin Sayed-Sweet: High performance,
high quality, together with increased
legislation and VOC regulations are the
key drivers for this market. Whether you
need to protect steel or concrete infrastructures from corrosion, weathering
and UV exposure are major concerns.
Over the past few years attention has
been focused on the longer service-life of
these coatings and their sustainability.
Also, OSHA and EPA have stressed and
enforced lower VOC standards and greater worker safety for this market segment.
How far has formulation technology for
protective coatings advanced?
Yasmin Sayed-Sweet: While from the
polymers perspective higher solids, low-
VOC and HAP-free solvents have remark-
ably contributed to reducing hazardous
Yasmin
Sayed-Sweet,
Alberdingk
Boley, Inc.
substances, solventborne coatings are
still the predominant coatings of choice.
Conventional coatings like epoxy, 2K-
crosslinked acrylics with high gloss,
polyaspartics, and PVDF blended systems are still the coatings of choice. We
do, however, find some waterborne coatings in the light industrial segment.
Which testing method is the most
reliable for protective coatings?
Yasmin Sayed-Sweet: A combination of
test methods that correlate to real life
conditions and accelerated exterior exposure are most prevalent. NACE, ISO
(International Organization of Standardization) and SSPC (Society for Protective
Coatings) have designed cyclic test methods that have improved the coatings selection process where performance of
coatings systems could be differentiated.
