CLEVELAND — Coatings manufacturing in the current climate of technical changes and challenges can easily cause formulators and production personnel to overlook some fundamental procedures.

That was the key message delivered by George Goodwin of Elementis Specialties, one of the featured speakers at a recent coatings symposium sponsored by the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Societies for Coatings Technology. The two-day symposium, held at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Cleveland, featured a wide-ranging technical program and a half-day New Product Showcase in which more than 50 coatings-industry suppliers participated with exhibits on raw materials, equipment and services. The symposium and show drew approximately 200 attendees.