Kerry Pianoforte, Editor03.25.15
The American Coatings Association (ACA) held its CoatingsTech Conference March 9-11 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown, Louisville, Kentucky. The theme of this year’s event was Focus: Innovation! Infrastructure! Efficiency! The conference highlighted the latest technologies and trends in the coatings world and showed practical applications. Leading the conference was two Technology Short Courses. In addition, tabletop exhibits held during the event featured displays of the most recent innovations in products and services offered to the industry. The conference consisted of eight separate tracks: polyurethanes, test methods, industrial coatings, novel technologies, end users, architectural coatings, rheology and titanium dioxide/pigments.
The conference commenced with a Keynote Address from Rigoberto Advincula of CASE Western Reserve University, who presented a talk entitled “Innovation Through Nanostructured and Templated Coatings.” Smart coatings are developed through intelligent design, material choices and control of film formation. “The demand for high performance coatings and innovation
The conference commenced with a Keynote Address from Rigoberto Advincula of CASE Western Reserve University, who presented a talk entitled “Innovation Through Nanostructured and Templated Coatings.” Smart coatings are developed through intelligent design, material choices and control of film formation. “The demand for high performance coatings and innovation
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