Conference News

Jamil Baghdachi Receives Industry Excellence Award

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:50:00 -0400

Dr. Jamil Baghdachi, Director of the Coatings Research Institute at Eastern Michigan University, received the Industry Excellence Award.

Jack Wickham Honored With ACA’s Heckel Award

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:48:00 -0400

Jack Wickham, Ace Hardware Corp.’s Vice President of Manufacturing for its Ace Paint Division and Chair of the PaintCare^®Board of Directors, received the George Baugh Heckel Award.

Dow Scientists Receive American Coatings Award

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:46:00 -0400

At the American Coatings Conference, which took place May 7-9 in Indianapolis, more than 1,000 attendees learned about the most recent research results and industrial developments in 16 thematically structured sessions.

American Coatings Conference Concludes

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:53:11 -0400

The conference portion of this week’s event wrapped up Wednesday afternoon, with sessions on Epoxy Coatings, Waterborne Systems, Smart and Functional Coatings, and Novel Materials.

Protective Coatings Heavily Covered at the Conference

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:16:47 -0400

Another widely covered topic at the ACC is protective coatings.

Bio-Based Technology Presented at Conference

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:14:17 -0400

Bio-based coatings are covered in a number of papers at the Conference. One such paper was by Senthilkumar Rengasamy from Eastern Michigan University, titled Surface Modification of Green Coatings with Smart Non-Polar Binders.

Omnova Solutions Presents Paper on Waterborne Concrete Sealer

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:11:12 -0400

Richard Flecksteiner of Omnova Solutions gave a presentation Tuesday titled Waterborne Wet-Look Sealer for Concrete using EBS Technology

ACC Award Winners Announced

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:52:00 -0400

The winners of the 2012 American Coatings Award are Antony Van Dyk and Alan Nakatani from Dow Coating Materials.

Second ACC Keynote Discusses Partnerships Between Research and Industry

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:42:06 -0400

Dr. Rathindra DasGupta of the National Science Foundation (NSF) delivered the second keynote address yesterday at the conference, titled Accelerating Discovery to Innovation.

Sherwin-Williams and USB Deliver ACC Keynote Address

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:37:00 -0400

Kent Young of Sherwin-Williams (SW) and Lee Orr of the United Soybean Board co-delivered the first keynote address at the American Coatings Conference, titled Bio-Based Coatings Technology: Collaborative Research With Supply-Chain Partners.

ACA and Vincentz Network Welcome Attendees to American Coatings Conference

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:12:00 -0400

Steve Sides of the American Coatings Association, and Sonja Schulte of Vincentz Network welcomed attendees to the 2012 American Coatings Conference on Monday afternoon after the Pre-Conference Tutorials.