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| European Coatings Show proves power of innovation  The European Coatings Show plus Adhesives, Sealants, Construction Chemicals, which took place in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 31 March to 2 April 2009, again proved its undiminished power of innovation at its tenth edition since 1991. The international coatings industry currently faces special challenges due to the problems experienced by its major customers in the building and motor industries. Development is making great advances, however, especially in the field of high-quality coatings and paints, sealants, construction chemicals and adhesives: The basic properties alone have long ceased to be sufficient; there is an extremely big demand for new product functionalities such as self-cleaning and self-healing coatings or antibacterial coatings. And all this under the important aspects of environmental compatibility and sustainability.The 806 exhibitors who came to Nuremberg for the European Coatings Show 2009 from 42 countries offered the approx. 20,000 trade visitors from 90 nations a world-class range of raw materials, laboratory and production equipment, testing and measuring equipment, and services on a net display area of almost 27,500 m². This clearly exceeded the cautious expectations of the exhibiting companies. 160 product presentations at three forums at the heart of the exhibition provided additional information during the three days of the event. The European Coatings Congress, which started the day before on 30 March, was the industry's magnifying glass once again: 160 top speakers from all over the world ventured a look into the future of the coatings industry with the 461 congress participants at 26 highly compressed sessions. The European Coatings Award for the best congress paper at the European Coatings Congress 2009 was presented to Dr. Zhen Wen Fu and his colleagues Andrew Hejl and Andrew Swartz from Rohm and Haas, USA, for their paper on "Designed diffusion technology: A paradigm shift in film formation". The coatings community meets next year at the American Coatings Show & Conference 2010 from 12-15 April in Charlotte, North Carolina/USA. The next European Coatings Show & Congress takes place again as usual in two years' time in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 28-31 March 2011. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |