Waterborne products provide a veritable host innately susceptible to bacterial contamination if they are without proper and effective biocide protection.
One of the most important properties for exterior automotive coatings is longevity. The ability to predict longevity, or service life, is key to developing new automotive coating technologies for the original equipment manufacturers.
By pre-painting metal prior to assembly, a process known as coil coating, manufacturers of products with painted steel, aluminum or other metals will dramatically increase productivity, shrink processing costs, improve quality and reduce environmental concerns - all at the same time.
More than 120 international coatings experts gathered for the Smart Coatings 2006 meeting held in Orlando, FL, and sponsored by Eastern Michigan University, Coatings Research Institute, Ypsilanti, MI.
Two things become immediately obvious regarding this annual Smart Coatings meeting: it is indeed a meeting where highly technical research papers are presented (as opposed to commercial presentations), and it has become a true international event.
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