Advances in Coatings Conference 2012

From October 9-11 the Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes, Paint & Plastics Department in Gliwice, Poland will be holding its 10th International Scientific-Technical Conference, ACT’12 in the Expo Silesia Exhibition Centre, Sosnowiec, ul. Braci Mieroszewskich 124, Poland.

Main topics of the conference include:

Raw Materials Evolutions:
– Polymers, resins and binders for coatings
– Novel pigments and fillers
– New generation of additives, agents and modifiers for coatings
Advanced Technologies and their Environmental Aspects:
– Waterborne
– Powder
– Nanotechnologies
– UV Curing
Applications and Surface Treatment
– Functional coatings: antifouling, self-cleaning, anti-graffiti, intumescent
– Wood coatings
– Architectural coatings
– Anticorrosive coatings
Ecology, Legislation
Testing and Measurements
Relevant Research Projects

Poster presentations will also be on show.

Papers will be presented by major companies such as BASF, BYK, Arkema, Bayer MaterialScience, Omnova Solution, Dorfner, Hielscher, VMA-Getzmann, Sachtleben, DuPont de Nemours, Dow Microbial, Lanxess; and Merck.

The conference language will be in English and Polish.

To find out more about ACT’12 contact:

Ms Anna Pająk,

Conference Manager,

Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes, Paint & Plastics Department in Gliwice,

ul. Chorzowska 50A,

44-100 Gliwice,

Poland.

email: a.pajak@impib.pl