Radiation-curable coatings are entering the new millennium in their infancy. Undoubtedly in the next 100 years they will grow up and toward maturity.
Radiation-curable (UV/EB) coatings are entering the new millennium in their infancy. Undoubtedly in the next 100 years they will grow up and toward maturity. While we are sure of the continued need for protection and decorative coatings in this new millennium, we are not that sure of just how manufacturing and application techniques may change.
The RadTech Europe meeting took place at the same time as the celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the unification of Germany and the removal of the wall in Berlin, which separated east and west. A new millennium had already started for Berlin and the Germans ¿ 10 years ago on Nov. 9, 1989, with the fall of the Berlin wall. Since then, unification efforts and a sense of tremendous progress is noted everywhere. The Congress reflected that attitude - heightened participation, creative ideas and genuine enthusiasm.