Coatings World - JUNE 2013

people for advanced registration and walk up registration is almost double what was anticipated for the event, with the total number surpassing 600.

More than 42 presenters featured talks at the ECS include topics such as Anti-Corrosives and Protective Coatings, Binders, Functional Fillers, Additives, Colorants, Surfactants, Functional Additives, Optimized Hiding, Tio2 Replacement, Waterborne Coatings, Nano Materials, Marketing, Rheology, Novel Materials and Formulation.

Terri Shefelbine of 3M, presented her lecture on “Performance
Study of Ceramic Microspheres in a Water-based Acrylic Flat
Architectural Paint.”
“These materials have a very unique set of properties for the
paint and coatings department. They are made of alkaline alu-
minum silicate ceramic, and they are spherically shaped. Some
of the properties are important to the architectural market,
some aren’t,” Shefelbine explained.

Shefelbine also sought to reinforce that 3M, from a laboratory perspective and business perspective, is committed to the paint market.

“We want to ‘speak paint’, and we want our customers to understand what we do, and we also want to understand what our customer’s problems are,” Shefelbine said.

Maria Nargiello, Evonik, featured her lecture on “ NanoStructured Particles to Enhance Primer Performance Properties.” Nargeillo explained her presentation focused on water-based primers, and that there was a focus of time and effort in solvent-based systems, with a lot of data already published on solvent based systems.

“When we look at primers today, we’re going to talk about
particle modi;cation review. One thing about all of these types
of particle-based products is they’re highly adaptable, and we’re
going to talk about why and how we modify them and some of
the ;avors they come in,” Nargiello said.

A Highlight of the JNS-Smithchem Booth at Eastern Coatings Show 2013

Michael Smith, JNS-Smithchem, recently found this photo of the 34th National Paint, Oil & Varnish convention meeting in Atlantic City in 1921 while searching through old photos. JNS-Smithchem featured the photo at their exhibit booth at the Eastern Coatings Show held April 29th-May 2nd in Atlantic City, NJ.

“I was going through my mother’s basement somewhat remembering that we might still have some old photos from Smith Chemical & Color Co. Inc. in storage,” Smith said. “To my surprise I found this one, which coincidentally took place in Atlantic City 92 years ago. My grandfather Casper Smith founded Smith Chemical & Color Co. Inc. back in 1917 in New York City. He is sitting front row (third NY player to the left of the three non-players) in his baseball uniform for the NY Society, which was playing against the Philadelphia Society. The photo is now hanging in the JNS-Smithchem offices in Paterson, NJ where it will be a great reminder of the pioneers that helped to build the paint and coatings industry.”