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Commercial applications, marketing and technical breakthroughs are some of the topics that will address the theme “The Value of Color,” at the 2007 CPMA International Conference on High Performance and Traditional Color Pigments to be held at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, MD on April 25-27.
Featured speakers include Jon Hall of Ford Motor Company, Thomas Rabe of Proctor and Gamble, Linda Carroll of Ampacet Corporation, Jack Ladson of Color Science Consultancy, as well as representatives from the Food and Drug Administration, Sun Chemical Corp., Clariant Corp. and SRI Consulting. This line-up of speakers will provide the latest information on pigments applications, trends and new developments in automotive coatings, plastics, inks, cosmetics and related businesses and will further illustrate the value of color.
The two-day meeting, sponsored jointly by CPMA and Rodman Publications, publishers of Happi, Ink World and Coatings World magazines, is recognized as “the pigments conference of record.” Past CPMA conferences have brought together hundreds of participants from all over the world. Sponsors of this gathering include Ciba Expert Services, EMD Chemicals, Inc., Flint Group Pigments, Hoover Color Corporation and Sun Chemical Corporation.
A workshop on European REACH regulations will be a special feature of the conference. The workshop will be held immediately prior to the opening event of the conference on Wed., April 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. The in-depth four-hour workshop will feature Iren Borissova, special advisor, Trade Section, Washington Delegation of the European Commission, who will outline the current requirements and details for implementing these regulations for those importing into or manufacturing chemicals in the European Union.
All details for conference participation are available at www.pigments.org, or call (703) 684-4044.