Coatings World - March 2016

Waterborne Review

Industries who presented a talk entitled “Environmentally
Friendly Coatings: Historical Perspectives and Future Outlook.”
“At the end of the day we a have a responsibility to make
coatings that have the least environmental impact,” Olson said.
“Sustainability, new functionality, light weighting, energy and
heat resistance and corrosion protection are all driving R&D.
We as a coatings community have made a lot of progress con-
cerning environmental issues over the past decade, but there is
still a lot to do.”
Key drivers for change in the industry include regulatory
issues, total cost of paint and performance. “The collective
innovations that we strive so hard to develop are a making a dif-
ference in order to affect true change, we must develop products
that touch on several of these change drivers,” he stated. “New
products that improve at least two of these drivers have a high
probability of success.’
The plenary lecture was followed by keynote speaker, Dr. John
Gilbert, senior vice president, R&D at Behr Process Corp., who
presented “Recent Trends in the Architectural Coatings Industry.”
The architectural coatings industry has undergone great
change over the last ten years. “Today’s paints and coatings have
a much different raw material base, a different environmental
profile and different properties,” Gilbert said. “These change
have been brought about through a variety of influences includ-
ing synthetic chemists, paint formulators, end-users and envi-
ronmental regulations.”
According to Gilbert, over the past decade the architectural
coatings industry has seen healthy innovation. “A few of the key
drivers have been the conversion from oil-based to waterborne
paint, the reduction of VOCs, removal of chemical concerns, the
emergence of paint-and-primers in one products, the desire to
provide improved film properties such as dirt pickup resistance

2017 Call For Papers

The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi has issued a call for papers for presentation at the 44th Annual International Water-borne Symposium, February 19-24, 2017 in New Orleans. Papers should relate to new and emerging technologies related to materials, processes, production, characterization, application and markets in the field of surface coatings. All papers should be original and represent recent advances in coatings science and related disciplines. Title, abstract and author’s names (speaker’s name underlined) should be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail no later than Aug. 15 to School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, The University of Southern Mississippi, Box 10063, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0063; 601-266- 4475; Fax: 601- 266-6265; E-mail: waterborne@usm.edu; Web: www.psrc.usm.edu/waterborne.