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Technology & Products and Zone 6 (Hall 11.2): China
Machinery, Instrument and Services.
CHINACOAT will also include the following educational
programs: CHINACOAT Conference: “Smart, Eco-Friendly
& Functional Coatings Additives;” Technical Workshops on
Formulation and Application of Functional Coatings and Inks
and Sustainable, Green & Bio-Based Printing Inks; New-Tech
Corner and more than 30 sessions of Technical Seminars.
12th CHINACOAT Conference
The 12th CHINACOAT Conference will be held December
1-2, 2014 at the Shangri-la Hotel Guangzhou. The theme of
this year’s conference is “Smart, Eco-Friendly and Functional
Coatings Additives.”
Additives are important performance-enhancing ingredients
essential for all coatings. As technology continues evolving to-
ward environmentally friendly systems, a series of new generation
smart additives has emerged. These new low-polluting systems
not only achieve the performance levels of the replacing products,
but also offer signi;cant improvement. Today, quality products
cannot be made without the use of functional additives. With an
estimated turnover of $6.5 billion, coatings additives play a major
role by imparting cost/performance package.
This Conference will be of interest to executives and techni-
cal staff, and should help all involved in product development,
formulation, production or planning to move forward with the
needs and demands of the industry and environment.
Presentation of papers and post-presentation discussions will
be conducted in both English and Chinese (Putonghua).
The conference will commence with a keynote paper present-
ed by Prof. Jamil Baghdachi of the Coatings Research Institute,
Eastern Michigan University, U.S. on Monday, December 1 at
1: 45 pm. Prof. Baghdachi will present “Science and Technology
of Smart and Functional Additives.”
According to Baghdachi, smart polymers and coatings are
widely used in global industries. Some multi-functional ma-
terials not only respond to external stimulus, but also render
novel functions in addition to traditional properties. Smart and
functional additives are one of the necessary ingredients of such
coatings. Additives that respond to pH changes, some nanoma-
terials, color changing, polarity switching and antimicrobial
agents are among these materials. This paper will discuss the
science and technology of smart and multifunctional materials,
the present pathways and examples of such products. Current
global R&D trends will also be highlighted.
Papers to be delivered after the keynote presentation on
Monday include: “A Smart Technology to Avoid Blistering
of Low PVC Wall Coating” presented by Wernfried Heilen,
vice president of technical marketing, Evonik Industries AG,
Germany; “Novel Short-Chain Fluorosurfactants for Water-Based
Industrial Coatings” presented by Charlene Guo, technical services specialist – AP region, DuPont, U.S. and “Next Generation
