Virtual conference on protective coatings
On 8 and 9 March the European Coatings WebForum Protective coatings – sustainable solutions for the future will take place. The virtual conference aims to provide a comprehensive market overview and insights on new developments in binder, additive and pigment technology.

The event will kick off on March 8 with a look into the market. José Bottino from market research company IRL presents on the changes in the protective coatings market. Afterwards, there will be a presentation by Sanja Martinez, Recorrtech, on the strengths and weaknesses of current testing and inspection techniques.
Waterborne and sustainability in the focus
A great focus of the event will lie on water-based protective coatings with many expert presentations on this topic. For instance, Dominique Vandenberghe of Hexion will speak about “Waterborne epoxy building blocks designed for VOC compliant coating end-uses”. Pablo Breva, Lubrizol will present on “Waterborne polyamide polyurethanes for protective coatings”. Moreover, Denise Lindenmuth of Dow will present on waterborne acrylic-epoxy hybrid coatings for metal protection.
Sustainability is underlined in many of the talks. Thomas Sowade of Heubach will give a presentation titled “Anticorrosive pigments for (even more) sustainable solutions”, presenting green developments for anticorrosive pigments as well as their usage in sustainable anticorrosive systems.
A discussion group will round of the twelve presentations. More information on the conference is available here.