Dow Coating Materials Presents Innovations in Waterborne Acrylic Paints for Metal Surfaces at EUROCORR 2009
Nice, France - September 06, 2009
Dow Coating Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company dedicated to innovation in the paint and coatings industry, is presenting a paper entitled "Advances in Waterborne, Acrylic Metal Protection Paints and Associated Testing Procedures" at EUROCORR 2009, in Nice, France from 6-10 September 2009.
Dr. Andrew Trapani will be presenting the paper, which focuses on new advances that allow lower VOC levels in metal protection paints without sacrificing quality. Data for the presentation comes from Dow's work with AVANSE™ Acrylic Resin technology. This new technology enables production of binders that encapsulate pigments and other minerals in a paint formulation. The pigment-encapsulating binder technology allows for improvements in the overall environmental profile of the coating while providing the requisite level of protection and improved aesthetic durability.
The paper will also address adapting existing and new testing methods and specifications to properly evaluate these emerging waterborne technologies.
EUROCORR is organized by the European Federation of Corrosion and is the leading corrosion prevention event in the region. Dr. Trapani will be presenting his paper during the session on Coatings the afternoon of September 7.
For more information, visit www.eurocorr.org.
About Dow Coating Materials
Dow Coating Materials is the premier supplier of products and technologies to architectural and industrial coatings manufacturers worldwide. Combining the extensive resources of Dow and recently-acquired Rohm and Haas Company, the new business provides formulators a wide range of chemistries and support across many different product lines, including core binder technologies, additives and solvents. Additionally, Dow Coating Materials operates 13 dedicated R&D labs across all major geographies where Dow does business. For more information, visit us @ http://www.dow.com/coating
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