The exhibit will feature more than 325 exhibitors in over 98,000 net square feet. New this year is the addition of the construction chemicals industry. Suppliers, manufacturers, and applicators of adhesives, sealants, mastics, and other materials used in the construction industry are expected to attend and participate.
Bassett joined the Coatings Department of Union Carbide Corp. in South Charleston, WV, in 1968, where he undertook studies of the properties of functional groups at interfaces and the design and characterization of emulsion polymers. Most recently, he has been involved in the globalization of research activities in support of latex business expansions in Europe and Asia-Pacific. He is a member of the Piedmont Society.