European Coatings Show: Academia meets business
The European Coatings Show will welcome several institutes and universities. Amongst others, the University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein, the University of Paderborn and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM) will have their own stands.
The University of Paderborn will be presenting the following topics: microphase-separating block copolymers with anti-fouling properties, the development of coatings with self-repair properties, hierarchically structured coatings, structured coatings with barrier effect, and bio-based and bio-inspired coatings. Esslingen University of Applied Sciences is well known in the sector. It will be presenting its Bachelor‘s course in chemical engineering/paints and coatings at the ECS. Interested parties will be able to find out more about the course and receive detailed information at first-hand.Â
The Institut für Holztechnologie Dresden will also have a stand and will be presenting on a number of topics, including: development of an NIR-based method for rapidly predicting the weatherability of wood coatings in outdoor areas (SurveNIR Coating), development of a method for the early detection of weather-induced failure of plastic coatings, and natural binders.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC), too, will be in attendance again at ECS 2019. Its topics will include multifunctional, bio-based and biodegradable multifunctional coatings, additives, design-for-dispersion and pilot syntheses of nanoparticles.
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