Kerry Pianoforte, Editor05.09.17
The American Coatings Association (ACA) held its 2017 CoatingsTech Conference March 20-22 in Cleveland, Ohio. Held every two years, on alterative years with the American Coatings Show and Conference, the theme of this year’s CoatingsTech Conference was “Meeting the Sustainable Challenges of Today and Tomorrow.” According to the show’s organizers, the CoatingsTech Conference was a success with attendance reaching a record-breaking 310. The Conference featured insight from coatings manufacturing companies, suppliers, academia and government.
Prior to the conference, the ACA hosted a series of specially designed short courses and open forums addressing both the fundamentals and emerging developments in coatings technology. These included: “Coatings ‘101’: An Introduction,” “Paint Film Defects – Assessing Problems and Aligning Solutions,”“Weathering and Service Life: Challenges for Innovation,” “Smart & Multi-Functional Coatings,” “R&D Management – Giving Projects the Go: From Fostering
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