Kristin Johansson

The ACD's 2024 Annual Meeting gathered 671 industry leaders to address workforce gaps, diversity, resilience and innovation in chemical distribution.

Read about key takeaways from the CTT Summit and CoatingsFest, as well as our October issue’s focus on chemical distributors.

Read about this year’s winner of the PCI Lifetime Achievement Award.

Read an Editor’s experience encountering coatings during their Mediterranean cruise from Athens to Barcelona

Read about the key takeaways from this year’s PCI 25 and Global Top 10 rankings.

It has been a busy show season, with PCI recently returning from the American Coatings Show (ACS) in Indianapolis, the RadTech 2024 UV+EB Conference in Orlando, and CPCA’s Canadian Coatings Conference in Montreal. All three events were energetic, and introduced great new information and technology for the coatings industry.

588 exhibitors showcased their latest products and technology at the 20224 American Coatings Show in Indianapolis. Read PCI’s show wrap-up article to get a glimpse of just some of the new products available to coatings formulators.

The 2024 RadTech UV&EB Technology & Conference, the world’s largest event dedicated to the educational, technical, and scientific advancement of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies, will take place May 20-22 at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida. This year’s theme is “Today’s Choices, Tomorrow’s Future: UV+EB for Sustainable & Responsible Manufacturing.”

The Keynote Address at the FOCUS conference addressed the need for data sharing for AI to reach its full potential.

PCI’s Chief Editor comments on the increased activity on the regulatory scene and introduces CTT Summit’s panel discussion topic.