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AC Conference Discovering New Ways to Innovate Keynote speakers emphasize ties between science and industry H Though it is facing challenges as wide ranging as shortages of raw materials to reducing waste, the coatings industry is up to the task if it embraces perhaps the most powerful tool of all: collaboration. Speaking at the plenary session of the American Coatings Conference yesterday, experts from The Sherman-Williams Company and the National Science Foundation (NSF) gave practical and farreaching examples of how companies can speed the implementation of new chemistries and technologies by working closely in teams with supply chain partners and forging public-private partnerships. Dr. Babu DasGupta, lead program director for the Industry University Cooperative Research Center Program for the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va., said private industry can reap huge benefits by drawing on the science and engineering pool of talent of U.S. colleges and universities. Since the talent pool H H H 4 of scientists is spread throughout the government, academic institutions and large and small businesses, the most efficient way to crack hard technical problems is to identify where the experts are and implement ways so they can collabo- Source: Heiko Stahl The Plenary Session was packed with delegates who wanted to learn from keynote speakers rate. The National Science Foundation is a federal agency that supports fundamental research and education through grants, contacts and cooperative agreements in all non-medical fields of science and engineering. Kent Young, director of technology for the paint and coating division at Sherman-Williams, and Lee Orr, commercialization manager for coatings, inks and adhesives for the United Soybean Board, said companies can tackle the problems of larger technical challenges by enlisting the aid of supply chain partners. As an example, Young described how his company forged a relationship with soybean farmers and the United SoyBean Board to develop a new paint technology that utilizes soybean oil and recycled PaintPAC Sponsors ACS Election Project 2012 – Vote for President!!!! PaintPAC, the American Coatings Association’s Political Action Committee, wants you to vote for President of the United States ... at the American Coatings Show!! PaintPAC is sponsoring a Mock Presidential Election. All Conference and ACS attendees and exhibitors are encouraged to vote for either the (likely) Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, or President Barack Obama. Look for the PaintPAC ballots and submit them at PaintPAC’s Booth #1646 or in the ballot boxes around the show floor. Remember to wear your “I Voted” sticker proudly. Look for results of the election at PaintPAC’s booth!! plastics bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate, while reducing volatile organic compound (VOC) content of the coatings. The innovation resulted in the partnership receiving the of the organizations 2011’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, which was established to recognize and promote chemical technologies that reduce pollution and have broad application in industry. Dr. DasGupta, National Science Foundation (NSF) presented one of the keynote speeches AC Conference Voices Brett Moyer, EMD Chemicals “ My colleagues and I are deeply interested in pigments and related topics, and we learned a lot when we attended the 2010 show in Charlotte. This year we expect to get even more from this conference, and we anticipate going to a number of different sessions on a variety of business topics. We are especially pleased to network with experts who inform us about their work. ” Xiaohua Fang, Huntsman “ The conference topic is relevant for my work. I do research on dispersants and additives. I learned a lot about methods characterizing the pigment size in coatings and inks. This is the first time I am attending a conference, so I am lucky. I learned a lot. Actually, I am going to use some of the methods, and I will meet with several people for further collaboration.” Source: Heiko Stahl Gabriela Burgos, DuPont Titanium Technologies “ I have chosen topics related to my technical know-how. I will certainly have a closer look at Bioinspired Slippery Surfaces with Pressure-Stable Omniphobicity and Self-Repair. The content of the conference is more than interesting. I will meet my colleagues for dinner later and we will talk about the new ideas all of us gained.” Santanu Chaudhur, Washington State University “ I appreciated the opportunity to present my work on the possibilities of performance prediction at the conference because it gave me a chance to talk about this important, but little known, topic. I was thrilled with the response that I received. It is also a great place for networking and gives me a lot of input for the future.” www.american-coatings-show.com
www.american-coatings-show.com AC Conference Delegates Define Main Industry Drivers Survey shows how industry experts assess the coatings market H A pre-conference survey among attendees of the American Coatings Conference showed that in the future there will not be a single major coatings technology anymore – most respondents judged functional/smart coatings and materials as well as waterborne technology as the most important future technologies in their industry sector (see Figure 1). Sustainable coatings and high solids were also seen as quite important drivers, while powder and UV/EB curing yielded less response. In contrast, an overwhelming majority of respondents considered waterborne technology as the main industry driver in a pre-conference survey carried out for the ACS 2010. It was also interesting to learn that the industry experts do not seem to expect an accelerating substitution of tradi- tional materials by renewables (see Figure 2). When asked to what extent fossil based raw materials will be replaced by renewable resources in the next five years, 40 % of respondents expected the extent to amount to less than 10 %, another 40 % of interviewees see the extent at 20 %. Only 4 % of respondents expected a share of more than 50 % renewables. A third question concerned regulations and legislation relevant to the coatings industry. A vast majority of respondents declared that VOC (volatile organic compounds) regulation occupies them the most, followed at great distance by REACH and food contact legislation. Labelling (GHS), halogen-free flame retardants and biocides legislation received much less response. The results of this poll were presented in detail at the conference opening during the Plenary Session on Monday. Figure 1: ACC participants’ ranking of the most important future technologies for their industry sector Dow Research Team Wins AC Award Paper on distribution of TiO 2 convinced the committee H A team from The Dow Chemical Company and Dow Coating Materials won the 2012 American Coatings Award for its basic research into a method of measuring the distribution of titanium dioxide in slurries and grinds – analysis that promises to help paint manufacturers reduce the cost of their products by optimizing performance of paint coverage. Created in 2008 by the American Coatings Association and Vincentz Nework, the AC Award is given to participants who submitted the most outstanding paper to the conference. Working in conjunction with the federal National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), award winners Dr. Antony van Dyk of Dow Coating Materials and Dr. Alan Nakatani from The Dow Chemical company said they were interested in how molecular weight and hydrophilicity of various polymeric dispersants affects how titanium dioxide is dispersed in paints. As titanium dioxide can often be the most expensive ingredient in a can of paint, the research can point to ways that will lower costs of paint. The researchers bombarded test samples with high speed neutrons at the NIST Center for Neutron Research facility in Gathersburg, Md., then used sensitive equipment to measure the scattering of the neutrons. The researchers said the industry uses roughly 2 billion pounds of titanium dioxide annually, a demand that causes occasional shortages of the critical ingredient. The high demand for titanium dioxide coupled with the rising prices makes it imperative that paint manufacturers create formulations that maximize the hiding power of the chemical. Sonja Schulte of Vincentz Network and Steve Sides of the American Coating Association gave van Dyk and Nakatani a trophy and check for $2,500 in prize money. Schulte said the DOW presenta- Senthilkumar Rengasamy, Eastern Michigan University “ Volatile organic compound (VOC) content is disturbing the environment, so VOC reduction is a very important issue for the coatings industry. The trend goes towards biobased materials, so raw materials manufacturers have to pay great attention to environmental issues. On the other hand, as a chemist I can say that it will be difficult to replace all kinds of fossil-based raw materials through biobased ones. But we are on the way there.” tion was selected because “the research integrates new and theoretical science, as well as advanced monitoring and measurement techniques developed in col- Figure 2: Delegates’ expectations regarding the substitution of fosssil-based raw materials by renewables Lee Ju Hiang, PCTS Specialty Chemicals Pte Ltd “ It is clear that new and novel coatings technologies will be required to continue driving coatings performance. Consumers expect low-VOC solutions. That’s why coatings with low impact on the eco-systems as well as renewable raw materials will become more popular. And the way coatings formulations will be prepared will change.” Antony van Dyk of Dow Coatings Materials received this year’s American Coatings Award laboration with NIST.” She added that the award judges had a record number of participants in the conference, which made their job tougher but enjoyable. 5 H H H
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