ECC ‘Coatings for Plastics' Program in Berlin Examines Adhesion Issues
Boasting 91 participants from 21 countries, the first European Coatings Conference (ECC) devoted to "Modern Coatings for Plastics Substrates", held on 24th and 25th November, 2003, was very much an international affair. The program of events, which was jointly organized by Vincentz Network and the German Research Association for Surface Treatment (Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft für Oberflächenbehandlung, DFO), covered the entire chain of plastics coatings production.
A key issue in the coating of plastics is of course adhesion - and so it was no surprise that the first day of the conference was almost totally devoted to substrates and their pre-treatment. Adhesion, especially to thermoplastic polyolefins (TPOs), remains a substantial problem for waterborne coatings.