Schedule

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: John Berghuis

John Berghuis was born December 4, 1948 in Oranjestaad, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, and moved to Canada at the age of five. In the early 1970’s, he received a BSc Hons from Laurentian University and an MSc in Public Health from University of Toronto.

After graduation and holding several jobs in Ontario, John moved to BC in 1978 and joined Alchem/Nalco as a chemical salesman. He worked for several companies in the pulp and paper industry. John entered the coatings industry in 1984 when he joined NL Chemical (which later became Kronos Worldwide) in their paper/coatings/plastics division, a position he retained (with some changes) until his retirement on December 31, 2014.

To complement his professional career in the paint industry, John has a long and distinguished volunteering career. The same year he moved to BC, he volunteered as a director on the PNWSCT Board, a position he held for almost 20 years, including turns as President and Symposium Chairman. During that same era, he was President of the BC Paint Manufacturers Association, promoting policies to advance and strengthen our industry. From 1996 to 1998, John stepped up again and presided as PNWSCT President when the incumbent fell ill and resigned. In 2000 – 2001, he was a national director on the Board of the FSCT. In 2003, he successfully rallied for the PNWSCT to be included on the BOD for the Western Coatings Show. His efforts not only helped shape and build the modern version of the WCS, but helped to revitalize a tired PNWSCT and improve it’s financial standing. He remained on the WCS BOD for 10 years. With endless enthusiasm and tireless dedication, John served the industry for over three decades.

One of John’s fondest industry memories is when he co-chaired the paint clean-up campaign in preparation for Vancouver’s Expo ’86. This was a two-year adventure during which time John wrangled with various suppliers, paint manufacturers, city hall and unions, resulting in the painting of the Burrard St Bridge. He also designed the coatings industry logo that was used during this project. His efforts helped to showcase the city in a positive light during a period when Vancouver was the focus of international attention.

In terms of formal accolades, John was the first recipient of the Raymond J Tremblay Award for service to the Paint industry. He received a Materials Marketing Service Award for his role in a Paint Industry Safety video. He is the 1998 recipient of the James A Lieder Jr Award for service in the Paint industry.

John has a wide variety of other interests encompassing music, art and sports, and has been formally recognized for his achievements in these realms as well.

He married Constance (his “Lovely”) in 1980, and they have now been together close to 40 years. They have one daughter, Lena, as well as two grandchildren.

There are many drivers of change in today’s architectural coatings industry. New developments in raw materials have allowed formulators to improve the overall property profiles of paint products. Environmental regulation has brought about changes in how products are formulated. End users have voiced desire for better properties such as hiding, durability, resistance to dirt and low environmental impact. These and other forces have brought about many waves of change in our industry. This paper will examine some of the changes that have happened recently as well as some of the future trends.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: John Gilbert - Chief Research and Development Officer
Company/Organization: Behr Process Corporation, Masco Coatings Group.

John Gilbert was born and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area. He attended the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, receiving BA degree in chemistry in 1980. He continued his education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving the Ph. D. degree in 1984. After a one-year postdoctoral assignment at the University of Michigan, John joined BASF Corporation in Southfield, Michigan in 1985. John spent 22 years in the automotive coatings area at BASF, working in various product development roles in electrodeposition coatings, primers, basecoats and clearcoats. From 1990 to 1992, John was assigned to BASF’s European automotive coatings group in Muenster, Germany.

In 2007, John joined Behr Process Corporation in Santa Ana, CA. His current position is Chief Research and Development Officer. Under John’s direction, the Behr team released the Premium Plus Ultra Interior and the Marquee Interior, and Marquee Exterior lines. Other recent product releases from his group include several pro contractor paint lines, a stain-blocking ceiling paint, a deck restoration product and an all-acrylic exterior stain line.

John and his wife Carol live in sunny Orange, California as happily displaced Midwesterners, enjoying occasional visits from their three sons, two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren.

Although there are many water based acrylics and styrene acrylics available for metal coatings, performance of the water based coatings is often not as good as solvent based coatings which had been used. Achieving good adhesion to metal substrates while maintaining corrosion resistance is a particular problem for water based polymers since commonly used monomers with acid functionality (which improve adhesion to metal) can hurt corrosion resistance. A novel approach to achieving good adhesion using a hybrid polymer has been found to give a good balance of adhesion and corrosion resistance compared to competitive low VOC DTM binders. A discussion of corrosion principals and how they relate to the hybrid technologies will be presented.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Gregory Monaghan - Applications Manager - Chester
Company/Organization: Specialty Polymers, Inc.

A liquid light stabilizer based on a tetramethylpiperidine (TMP) derivative has been developed with the goal to obtain a product combining excellent compatibility in polar coating systems with a low basicity. This new hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS) will now close the portfolio gap between the well-established basic “NH-HALS” and the non-basic “NOR-HALS” technologies.
For waterborne coatings, a water-compatible form of this TMP derivative has been developed, using proprietary Novel Encapsulation Additive Technology (NEAT). An experimental product with a 40 % active content, CGL 348, can be widely used in numerous waterborne dispersions. The NEAT leads to particle sizes below 300 nm, thus causing no haze in stabilized clear coats and leading to excellent distribution of the active HALS in the final coating.
Efficiency of the TMP derivative in various coating technologies like solvent borne, waterborne and UV coatings will be discussed during this presentation.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Aditi Chavannavar - Technical Specialist
Company/Organization: BASF Corporation

Regulatory pressure on VOC emissions and an increasing desire to produce materials that are more environmentally friendly have been key drivers in the development of waterborne and high-solids polymer technologies. Taking the high-solids approach to VOC reduction has its limitations, and making the switch to waterborne technology to take VOC reduction to the next level also has its own challenges. In the world of 2K acrylic urethane systems, the synthesis of low VOC acrylic polyol dispersions can be complicated, but it doesn’t need to be. In this paper, we introduce a simple and effective route to making acrylic polyol dispersions with little or no solvent, made possible by glycidyl neodecanoate technology.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Carl Cavallin - Technical Manager - Versatics Americas
Company/Organization: Hexion, Inc.

Historically the powder coating industry has evolved in many ways. There are a whole host of examples of where this can be seen, most notably the processing/application equipment used today versus the yesteryears, the breadth of substrates being coated around the globe, and a plethora of advancements in the design and development of new raw materials. From an additive perspective most of the products used in powder coatings are incorporated into the premix and homogenized during the extrusion process. However, there are some instances where it’s advantageous to solve performance deficiencies by adding materials to a finished product after the extrusion process. When added at this stage in the manufacturing process these products are referred to as post-addible technology. With that in-mind, this paper will focus on the performance of post-addible matting and fine texturing additives utilized in different chemistries. Additionally, an overview of the project plan will be discussed, theories and considerations related to creating effective post-addible technology, the corresponding results and where these products may fit into the powder coating market.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Kevin Quinn - Product Manager - Surface Modifiers
Company/Organization: Lubrizol Advanced Materials

Sustainability concerns continue to drive demand for PUD technology focused on reducing VOC’s of coatings. However, the need for performance remains high. One drawback to many waterborne processing methods is polyol viscosity. A highly functioning polyol of selected chemistry is needed, with a targeted molecular weight range to both enable performance and reduce isocyanate costs. With that requirement comes a viscosity penalty, especially during the prepolymer stage. This problem is often met with the use of solvents. However, added solvents can result in higher cost to strip or higher VOC in the resulting coating. The polyol is selected to have certain properties that contribute to overall performance of the finished dispersion in its application. These properties vary across a multitude of applications, but in many cases, harder, tougher, and more chemical resistant PUD films are desired. Incorporation of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) into the polyol structure has proven to provide an excellent balance of these properties, along with high sustainability. Introducing these polyols into PUDs has been challenging with the above mentioned molecular weight requirement and associated viscosity. At Resinate, we have developed a series of polyols with high recycle and renewable content, designed for the production of PUDs. Design of experiments was used to investigate key process/formulation variables. We describe these findings as applied to our polyol system and discuss removal of solvent from the process, ambient 1K properties, and recent UV cure results.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Gary E. Spilman, Ph.D. - Research Fellow
Company/Organization: Resinate Materials Group

The chemistry of protective coatings for floors whether concrete or wood range from 2-pack epoxies, 2-pack polyurethanes, alkyd conversion varnishes, UV cured paints, and others. Pre-finished wood floors typically use UV cured clears, which are unsurpassed for cure speed, low VOC, and performance as compared to the older alkyd conversion varnishes. Polyurethane coatings are favored for site-applied wood floor coatings for their appearance, ease of application, and durability. Coating concrete floors brings in epoxy coatings as primers and repair coats, which are then top coated typically with polyurethanes.
All of the conventional coatings mentioned have serious issues for site-applied coatings. UV paints cure quickly, but require a movable UV lamp, which is time-consuming and prone to leaving lap-marks. Aspartate based polyurethanes offer low VOCs, fast dry, and fast back-to-service, but at the expense of pot life and humidity sensitivity for paint making and application. Standard polyol based polyurethanes have good pot life and reduced humidity sensitivity at the expense of the speed of dry and fast back-to-service. Either type of polyurethane paint exposes applicators to isocyanates and potential skin sensitization. In the case of epoxy paints, many require time to homogenize post mixing parts A and B, Induction Time, prior to application and they need a topcoat to improve weathering of the final surface.
Our break-through technology is based on Michael addition chemistry, which offers durable carbon-carbon crosslinks like UV coatings, but without a light source, thus eliminating lap-marks. We have developed a novel blocked catalyst and kinetic control additive package that has paved the way to using this unique chemistry which uses malonated resins crosslinked with acrylate materials normally used in UV technology. This new technology offers very fast drying 2K system (<15 minutes, ambient) and the unique de-coupling of dry time and potlife (>5 hours) and offers new paint and process solutions for floor coatings with greatly improved worker safety. .
Our first generation delivered applied VOCs in the 200 to 280g/l range. Recent work has focused on lowering the VOC to 100g/l and optimizing the speed of dry and long pot life. We have used FTIR spectroscopy to monitor crosslinking. This paper will also show the low VOC potential and the optimization of the kinetic tools. Pathways to enhance open time to allow roller and brush overlapping without losing dry speed or pot life will also be discussed.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Michael A. Gessner - Senior Representative, Technical Service and Business Development
Company/Organization: allnex

All surfactants are amphiphilic molecules that orient at interfaces; however, a surfactant’s exact chemical structure will dictate its behavior at these interfaces. In dilute systems, this is well understood, but in the complex formulation of most coatings applications the behavior becomes far more difficult to predict. The guidelines originally developed for commodity surfactants in dilute detergent systems translate poorly to coatings requiring greater understanding of surfactant structure as well as interactions with other components. This paper will discuss recent surfactant structure-property relationship studies and explain how the variation of specific chemical structural features modifies the resulting surfactants’ interactions with other coatings components. Additionally, the combination of these structural elements to create next generation wetting agents will be described.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: K. Michael Peck - Senior Manager Product Development, Coating Additives/Resource Efficiency
Company/Organization: Evonik Corporation

Evaluation of the different mechanism of involved in fire retardant architectural coating and it application for the do-it-yourself market. There are many fire-retardant raw materials available to the paint formulator, in most cases when you use those in existing formulas they stop short to show any real property benefit. With the goal of creating a paint system that would retard fire and flame spread, we conducted a two-year evaluation of the different chemistry available and their application in architectural coating. The study cover not only the use of one mechanism but the combination of all possible halogens free solution to create a coating system that could not only bring fire retardancy theoretical properties but in reality, bring this additional time to escape in the case of a fire in your home.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Marc Gagnon - Technical Director
Company/Organization: Dempsey Corporation

Biobased resins derived from soybean oil offer formulators solutions that merge together performance improvements with sustainable ingredients. Formulation chemists are finding multiple pathways to create novel structures using soybean oil as the backbone, much of it based on epoxidized soybean oil (ESO). Building on soybean oil’s natural hydrophobicity, coatings are being created with excellent water resistance, flexibility along with hardness and durability. With multiple suppliers of epoxidized soybean oil, security in the supply chain as well as competitive pricing is pushing ESO as a major building block for coating formulations. One example is the Polyurethane family of coatings, adhesives and elastomers that can incorporate polyols derived from soybean oil and ESO. Soybeans are a sustainable feedstock and the oil derived does not take away from food production as 80% of the bean is meal. Driven by sustainability, many coating companies are actively investigating soy as a renewable raw material.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Lee Walko - Biobased Business Development Director
Company/Organization: Omni Tech International, Ltd.

Wetting and dispersing additives, as water soluble and hydrophilic molecules, often have a significant negative impact on the overall anti-corrosion performance and stain resistance of the coating film. By incorporation of longer hydrophobic segments as a “molecular umbrella” into the molecular structure it is possible to build up hydrophobic zones on the surface of pigments and extenders, which effectively decreases the water transmission and water uptake through the film. This principle works very well in enhancing blistering resistance or undercut corrosion resistance in accelerated tests like humidity, water immersion or salt spray test, and also improves the resistance against aqueous stains like coffee, tea, ketchup, mustard etc. Test results in aqueous protective and wood coatings will be presented along with many practical examples.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: János Hajas - Technical Support Manager - Coating Additives
Company/Organization: BYK-Chemie GmbH

Since the beginning of the development of water based polymers chemists main wish was to obtain the same properties of the solvent born ones. But while, thanks to the higher MW achievable and new crosslinking systems, the chemical-physical resistances are nowadays comparable, the penetration in to porous substrates remains a big problem for water borne dispersions. This is understandably due to the dimension of the macromolecules, in case of polymer dissolved in solvent are nearly measurable while the standard dispersions have sub-micron size. The awareness that some characteristic phenomena at the nano-scale are behaving differently than at the micron scale lead us to explore these new technologies. In the present paper some of the products developed for this purpose are described briefly. They are acrylic copolymers nano-latexes, one of which cationic, with peculiar characteristics. Here we will consider only the aspects related to penetration highlighting the performances obtained in many practical applications where the nanometric dimension of the binders are exploited for achieving the same performances of the solvent based primer.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Antonietta Schirò - R&D Coating Group Leader
Company/Organization: Vinavil SpA

“Hockmeyer developed and patented a new concept for a recirculation media mill to fill a performance void that exists with traditional mills in this classification. Problem: Hockmeyer’s traditional Immersion Mill provides superior performance, but cannot be easily installed in many existing production facilities due to inadequate head space required for the hydraulic lifts needed to raise the mill. Approach: This new technology combines immersion milling design with a diaphragm pump to pull vacuum on this system. The flow of the material is from the bottom of a supply tank, through the milling chamber and back into the tank. Result: The new recirculation mill has several technological advantages:
• Separate control of spindle and pump speeds.
• Measure flow through the milling chamber.
• Design provides very effective cooling to control batch temperature.
• Smaller plant footprint.
• Rapid batch turnover. Up to 50 gallons a minute through our 2.5 liter prototype mill.
• Better quality products: smaller particle distributions, increased color, transparency and gloss.
Conclusion: This advancement in milling technology will fit in much tighter locations in plants, reduce media loading, increase batch turnovers, reduce grind time, replace existing milling equipment without major plant renovations and reduce overall milling cost.
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Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Mr. Barry Cullens - Director of Research and Development
Company/Organization: Hockmeyer Equipment Corporation

Architectural coatings, in other words paints applied to residential & commercial buildings, and to articles used in these structures such as window frames, metal roofs, stains on wooden decks, cool coatings for concrete etc., require a host of challenges when it comes to selection of optimum colorants (pigments & dispersions). Coatings for interior (walls etc.) must have very good scrub resistance (for POS colorants) but not high color fastness, whereas those for exterior applications must have excellent resistance to fading, and scrub resistance and metamerism is not a major challenge. Architectural powder coatings are generally of high chroma, and must meet 5-10 year AAMA specifications, and pigment opacity, bright shade & resistance to color change are key requirements. For wood stains transparency and color fastness are critical. Roof – coil & cool coated – panels require long lasting and cool (IR reflective) paints, and require unique set of colorants. In some cases high opacity is an issue while efflorescence resistance is very important among others. This presentation will focus on challenges & solutions to arrive at optimum formulations for color permanency, opacity and other key parameters.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Dr. Romesh Kumar - Sr. Technical Sales Manager for North America
Company/Organization: Clariant Plastics & Coatings USA Inc.

New alkoxylated nonionic surfactants were proposed via Hansen Solubility parameter (HSP) simulation as APE-free pigment wetting and dispersing agents for waterborne architectural paints and their concept-proof samples were validated experimentally in comparative bench trials with conventional alkylphenol ethoxylates ones (APE). Different paint formulations have also been considered on the bench scale tests in order to detect the effects of the surfactant during paint manufacture in usual industrial conditions. Performance results observed in this work confirms the feasibility of these alternative surfactants in conventional NPE surfactant replacement for this application proposed by HSP simulation approach and showed that for some cases, the APE free alternatives offers superior water resistance properties, while maintaining the characteristics desired for a high-quality paint.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Marina Chieregati Passarelli - Research and Development, Paints and Coatings
Company/Organization: Oxiteno Indústria S.A., Brazil

Moderated by Patrick Kelly

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Sheryl Southwell - President and CEO
Company/Organization: Specialty Polymers

Speaker: Mario Pschaidt - Vice President, Procurement
Company/Organization: Behr, Masco Coatings Group

Speaker: Horst Sulzbach - Chief Technology Officer
Company/Organization: BYK-Chemie GmbH

Speaker: Jason Woods - Director of Commercialization: Global Supply Chain
Company/Organization: The Sherwin-Williams Company

Speaker: Tom Snider - Group Vice President of Technical Services
Company/Organization: Cloverdale Paint Co. & Rodda Paint Co.

Speaker: Patrick Kelly - Vice President
Company/Organization: Dowd and Guild Inc.

Sheryl Southwell is the President and CEO of Specialty Polymers, Inc. a dynamic, privately held manufacturer of water-based polymers and wood adhesives. Under her leadership, the Company has grown significantly, becoming a recognized leader in customized solutions for the paint and coatings industry.

With the goal to become the most responsive and flexible supplier in the industry, Sheryl has dramatically increased both the size and reach of the Company, while still maintaining the responsiveness and flexibility of a small company.

Sheryl has guided the Company through multiple expansions, overseen the building and continued expansion of the Company’s Chester, South Carolina production facility and directed the continual investments in the Company’s Woodburn, Oregon facility.

During her 19-year tenure as president, she has transformed Specialty Polymers into the leading manufacturer of customized products with more than 135 full time employees at the Company’s production plants, R&D labs and administrative offices.

Sheryl and Specialty Polymers have received numerous honors including being selected as a recipient of the prestigious Austin Family Large Business of the Year award. In addition, Specialty Polymers has a long history of supporting local communities. The Company works directly with Oregon State University to provide scholarships for the university’s STEM Academy.

Sheryl has served as Chair of both the Executive Boards of Cascade Employers Association, and SEDCOR, a 450-member economic development entity for Oregon’s Mid-Willamette Valley.

Sheryl earned her degree with honors in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining Specialty Polymers, she worked as a technical marketing manager for Tecan Systems, a biotechnology company headquartered in San Jose, California. She has held previous technical and managerial positions in the biotechnology field.

Mario Pschaidt is an accomplished global, technical and business professional with over 25 Years experience in the chemical industry.

Mario is Masco Coatings Group’s Vice President of Procurement leading the raw material purchasing activities at Behr Process Corporation and Masterchem Industries, LLC, since 2014. From 2008 through 2014, Mario held the position of Global Key Account Manager at BASF Corporation. Also at BASF, from 2005 through 2008 Mario served as the North American Business Manager of Dispersions for Architectural Coatings and was a contributing participant on the Johnson, Engelhard, and Ciba businesses integration team. From 2000 through 2005 Mario was Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Technology for Alberdingk Boley, Inc. leading all North American startup operations. Prior to joining Alberdingk Boley, Inc., Mario worked in various technical and business capacities at Hoechst/Vianova.

Mario earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Graz, Austria and a Business degree from Vienna, Austria.

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Horst Sulzbach
EXPERIENCE
Chief Technology Officer, BYK-Chemie GmbH, Wesel (2014 to present)
Head of the R&D department in Wesel and globally responsible for all R&D activities.

Chief Technology Officer, ELANTAS GmbH, Wesel (2007 to 2014)
Globally responsible for all R&D activities and production technology.

Managing Director, Reagens Deutschland GmbH, Lohne (2004 to 2007)
In charge of Reagens Deutschland a Cognis spin-off with sites in Lohne and Loxstedt, a total of 120 employees, and about 45 million Euro turnover.

Technical Director Plastics Technology, Cognis GmbH, Loxtedt (2001 to 2004)
Head of the R&D center for plastic additives in Loxstedt (Neynaber Chemie) and globally responsible for all plastic additives related R&D activities.

Laboratory Manager Central R&D, Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf (1998 to 2001)
At first manager of one laboratory, in the end team leader for all polymer labs at Cognis central research.

EDUCATION
MBA: Open University Business School (2002)

Ph.D.: The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA (1995)

Dr. rer. nat.: Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen (1995)

Master of Science (Chemistry): The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA (1991)

Jason Woods is the Director of Commercialization for Global Supply Chain division of Sherwin-Williams. In this role, Jason and his team are responsible for the development, launch and post-launch support of architectural paint products sold by Sherwin-Williams through both company-owned stores and outside channels.

Jason has been with Sherwin-Williams for over 13 years. During this time, he has worked in various Operational and R&D roles supporting markets such as Automotive Refinish, Paint Sundries, Light Industrial and Architectural. Prior to Sherwin-Williams, Jason worked for PPG Industries, supporting Automotive OEM paint development, manufacture and application in multiple roles, including an expatriate assignment in Japan. Jason has a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in Political Science from Virginia Tech.

Tom Snider began his career in the Coatings industry in 1986 immediately after graduating from Washington State University. He has been involved in R&D leadership since then with several regional and multinational coatings companies. Tom has also led the environmental, manufacturing and product management efforts of several companies. He is now Group Vice President of R&D for the Cloverdale Paint organization which also owns Rodda Paint Company in Portland, Oregon. Cloverdale and Rodda Paint are involved in a wide variety of technologies including industrial, architectural, OEM, powder coatings and sealants.

Tom is a former President of the Rocky Mountain Society for Coatings Technology and has enjoyed all the challenges that come with a career in the coatings industry. Tom has been married for 26 years and has 2 grown children. Besides enjoying his family, Tom enjoys travelling with his wife to new locations, biking, scuba diving and sampling wines.

Patrick is an accomplished distribution company executive with over 25 years of experience in the industry. Dowd and Guild is a privately held Specialty Chemical Distributor founded in 1986 covering the southwestern and western United States. Patrick started with Dowd and Guild in 2005 and became a Vice President with the company in 2007. He is also a partner in the business and has responsibilities in sales and principal management. Patrick graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH and also attended the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Executive MBA Program. He started his career with Ashland Chemical and held various positions of increasing responsibility during 15 years with the company. Patrick is a member of the American Coatings Association participating in both the Supplier, as well as, Architectural and Industrial sub committees.

We have seen perhaps more changes in coatings in the last 50 years than we had seen in the previous century or more. These changes have been driven mainly by governmental regulations or end user demands. Decreasing VOC’s in the atmosphere, decreasing toxic materials in the environment and improved performance and durability are all part of this driving force. Rule 66 led to the decrease in VOC’s, Prop 65 identified toxic materials and the need for better protection against rust in vehicles was provided by electrodeposition. Superior exterior durability coatings were developed using polyvinylidene fluoride; these coatings have been on some buildings for 50 years with little change. Other technologies developed include water based alkyds and epoxies, UV and EB for faster cure and electrostatic spray for better application efficiency.The lack of hazardous waste disposal sites accelerated the removal of these materials from coatings. The need to decrease the use of energy and it’s cost, led to the development of cool roof coatings. Additional work needed in the 21st Century is to develop sustainable non-oil based coatings ingredients and coatings that are more durable, energy saving, and healthier to use as well as manufacture.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Art Lorenz
Company/Organization: LASCT Technical Committee

Speaker: Joe Reilly
Company/Organization: LASCT Technical Committee

Hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers (HSBCs) are a category of thermoplastic elastomers. Coatings based on HSBCs provide flexibility, impact resistance, air/water/chemical barrier properties, corrosion resistance and excellent adhesion onto a wide range of substrates. A series of new low viscosity HSBCs has recently been developed. The low viscosity nature of the polymers is expected to enable higher solid content with reduced solvent usage. They can also be dissolved in exempt solvents to further reduce VOC. In this presentation, the structure of the new polymers, solution viscosities in various solvents, and their physical properties will be described.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Bing Yang, Ph.D - Sales Development Manager, Americas
Company/Organization: Kraton Performance Polymers

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Jeffrey Arendt - Technical Account Coordinator
Company/Organization: Arkema

The anticorrosion properties of Zinc have been well-known for decade. Product development of a unique Zinc flakes morphology permitted to contemplate improved performances of Zinc Rich Primers to meet the increasingly stringent requirements of modern high-quality corrosion protection. By applying of a Bridge paint system, primers with Zinc Flakes, Intermediate coat and top coat, it was possible to obtain not only economic but also ecological advantages whilst maintaining the Bridge coating specifications. Zinc-rich coatings as the primary steel bridge corrosion protection system has, in the last 20 years, greatly increased the performance of painted steel in salt-rich environments

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Guy Decelles - Product Group Manager - Zinc
Company/Organization: ECKART Suisse SA

A new dispersing agent was designed for the stabilization of transparent iron oxides. It’s highly compatible in wood and automotive systems, which includes alkyd emulsions and waterborne acrylics.

This novel dispersant shows an excellent tinting strength, provides outstanding transparency and low viscosity. We could achieve high pigment loading, with superior storage stability and great color development.

In this paper, comparisons will be shown with industry benchmarks with emphasis on transparency.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Loulou Rozek
Company/Organization: Borchers

Waterborne two-component polyurethane coatings (WB2K) can provide superior performance due to the presence of a thermoset network. These systems are formed by combining a polyol dispersion with a polyisocyanate before application. Upon application, reaction of isocyanate with hydroxyl-groups creates urethane linkages, crosslinks the polymers and results in coatings with superior performance. However, in the wet-stage or pot, a series of reactions start that eventually result in significant loss of coating performance. There is no discernible indicator that signals this loss of properties. In contrast, solventborne two-component systems allow paint formulators to use viscosity increase as an indicator to signal end of pot-life and prevent further application. Despite VOC and cost-in-use advantages, lack of pot-life has prevented widespread use of WB2K systems. In this contribution, we present the recent development of a novel polyol dispersion for WB2K systems. We describe a new technology that allows making dispersions without typical surfactants and ionic reagents commonly used as processing aids in typical heterogeneous polymerization techniques. We show how this technology was used to induce pot-life marker via a viscosity increase. Lastly, we present examples of utility of this dispersion in WB2K coatings suitable for high gloss top coats and direct to metal applications. The dispersion lends itself to formulation of paints with good chemical resistance, good corrosion resistance, high hardness, adhesion, and UV durability.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Lori Boggs, Ph.D - Technical Specialist - Transportation, Industrial, Furniture & Floor Coatings
Company/Organization: BASF Corporation

Waterborne architectural paints are complex mixtures of dispersed solids, water-soluble molecules and liquids designed to deliver a desired performance profile. It is becoming increasingly challenging to attain an improved performance profile while meeting cost and regulatory requirements. In order to meet these challenges, all of the materials need to work in concert to achieve the overall objective. Our formulated solution approach uses each raw material’s intended value and the complex interactions among ingredients to deliver performance profiles not possible before. By taking advantage of recent developments in latexes and water-soluble molecules and a fundamental understanding of their interactions, we are developing formulated solutions to meet the increasing challenges in the architectural paint market. Methods to develop paints with excellent applied hiding, rheology, leveling, sag resistance and foam control will be discussed as well as some of the underlying mechanisms describing the development of these critical properties.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Tara Lyn Conley - Technical Service Group Leader for the Architectural Additives
Company/Organization: The Dow Chemical Company

Surfactants are one of the essential components in the synthesis of emulsion polymers. They provide colloidal stability and also control the particle size of the latex. Surfactants can adsorb onto the monomer/polymer droplet surface, form micelles in the aqueous phase, migrate to the air/water interface or can be free molecules. This equilibrium can be disrupted by external factors such as temperature, pH or mechanical mixing. Reactive surfactants not only are effective emulsifiers in emulsion polymerization but also graft onto the surface of polymer particles during free radical polymerization. Since they are chemically bonded, external factors previously mentioned cannot cause desorption. The final latex stability is enhanced providing improvements on shelf life, mechanical and barrier properties. Use of reactive surfactants is relevant for various application areas. In architectural coatings, better pigment binding properties and scrub resistance can be achieved. In protective coatings, superior barrier properties, lower water diffusion rates or better alkaline resistance are often observed. Application and performance data comparing conventional and copolymerizable surfactants will be presented. Reactive surfactant technology eliminates the drawbacks commonly associated with the presence of conventional surfactants and improves the coatings performance to the next level.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Steven Y. Chan, Ph.D - Applications Manager of Coatings and Polymer
Company/Organization: Croda Inc

Activated silanes are blends of cyclic azasilanes with conventional silanes that provide high-speed reactivity induced by surfaces, unlike conventional silanes that require moisture for initiation. Cyclic azasilanes do not require water for activation and react over 100 times faster with hydroxyl species than conventional silanes. Once the cyclic azasilane ring is opened, the basic secondary amine catalyzes the condensation of silanols formed from the conventional silane with the substrate. In UV-cure systems, activated silanes with acrylic functionality give the benefits of moisture-free deposition, high-speed reactivity, adhesion promotion, and high bond strengths between substrates due to the masked amino functionality. The kinetics and mechanism of cure, as well as mechanical bond strength between a variety of substrates will be investigated for a series of activated silane formulations.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Annalese F. Maddox - Technical Service Chemist
Company/Organization: Gelest, Inc.

The rheological properties of an industrial coating, adhesive or sealant are vital to its success. A well formulated industrial coating, adhesive or sealant has balanced rheological properties, easy but controlled application, good sag or slump resistance and storage stability. The thickeners incorporated in the coating, adhesive or sealant formulations provide the manufacturers the ability to design the rheological characteristics they need for a specific end use. Organic thixotropes are castor oil or polyamide based materials that are especially useful in systems such as industrial coatings, construction sealants, caulks, adhesives, and mastics. These additives provide outstanding efficiency for shear thinning, viscosity build, sag control, and pigment suspension. However, the high activation temperature is sometimes a deterrent for a broader use. In this paper, we present a new generation of highly efficient organic thixotrope based thickeners that can be activated at significantly lower temperatures. These new materials can be successfully incorporated in industrial coatings or sealant formulas for better viscosity built, sag resistance and higher extrusion rates.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Mihai Polverejan, Ph.D. - Technical Manager, Industrial and Construction Coatings/Applications
Company/Organization: Elementis Specialties

Over the course of a human lifespan, it is estimated that 90% of that time is spent indoors. As people desire to live in healthier indoor surroundings, they increasingly demand water-based paints that are free from air pollutants, hazardous substances and allergens. For consumers, it can be difficult to keep track of the different critical substances, therefore they rely on ecolabels in their buying decisions. With currently available raw materials and additives, it is no easy task for a paint formulator to develop a high-quality paint that offers performance advantages, is easy-to-use and at the same time fulfills the stringent ecolabel criteria. Formulators select paint ingredients based not only on function but also its environmental profile. Additives should be multifunctional and universally applicable in order to reduce formulation complexity, raw material handling and logistic costs. In addition, they need to comply with regulatory requirements, safety and environmental-relevant aspects. As key supplier to the paint industry, Clariant understands the formulators’ challenges and unmet needs. Clariant’s latest innovation for the paint industry is a renewable-based and VOC/SVOC-free specialty amine without any hazard labeling; thus the ideal ingredient for ecolabel certified paints. The additive is used as a neutralizing agent, compatibilizer and stabilizer for water-based systems and offers superior performance in comparison to standard neutralizing agents such as ammonia or multifunctional additives such as aminomethyl propanol. Mrs. Silvia Ziebold and Mr. Joerg Rueger will present in their lecture the formulation and application profile of this new product in comparison to the benchmarks and also highlight how it responds to today’s and tomorrow’s consumer needs and regulatory requirements. Join us for an exiting lecture!

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Jörg Rüger - Global Application Development Manager Paints & Coatings Business Unit Industrial & Consumer Specialties
Company/Organization: Clariant Produkte Deutschland GmbH

Deck restoration products comprise a relatively new segment for the architectural coatings market. Coatings marketed for this application are typically higher volume solids than a traditional wall paint, requiring high solids content for the base latex entering the market. Polymer flexibility and exceptional adhesion are other attributes required for the application as the substrate may shrink or swell depending on ambient temperature or humidity. Typical modifications to latex result in a compromise between adhesion and polymer hardness, aspects that this new market have identified as being critical to performance. Arkema Coating Resins is currently developing the next generation of base latex which combines improvements in adhesion while maintaining dirt pickup resistance and polymer hardness. Adhesion improvements have been shown to compromised surfaces; such as wet wood, chalky substrates, and aged deckboards; without losses in the coating’s resistance to gouging. The next generation latex can allow coating formulators to develop high performance paints suitable for the demands of exterior floor coatings.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Dan Stark - Research Chemist
Company/Organization: Arkema Coating Resins

The development of stable color formulations continues to challenge manufacturers in waterborne and solvent based applications as new technologies, performance requirements and regulatory mandates are bestowed upon us. “Color flooding”, “color floating” and their causes will be defined in this presentation. A systematic formulating approach can be implemented to eliminate color float. The selection and optimization of performance additives, such as dispersants, wetting agents and rheology modifiers, and their impact on improving and stabilizing the color uniformity of coatings will be discussed.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Sheila Belding - Technical Service Manager, Additives
Company/Organization: Troy Corporation

Calcium carbonate is standard filler and pigment in several coatings applications. Both natural ground (GCC) and manufactured or “precipitated” (PCC) carbonate are used in numerous coating applications including interior & exterior paints (water and solvent based), specialty and powder coatings. GCC is often chosen because of its cost advantage, and in the case of ground marbles, provides adequate whitening and brightening power. PCC by contrast is a customizable solution for coatings where properties can be tailored to meet technological challenges beyond those addressable by GCC alone. Our talk will review the recent academic and patent literature to provide examples where PCC is preferred over GCC in coatings applications.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Sean Dingman, Ph.D - Manager of Technical Services
Company/Organization: Mississippi Lime

As with all other types of coatings, architectural primer products must strike a fine balance between the individual performance properties and the market segment it tries to serve. For example, a primer can be specifically formulated for interior or exterior applications; as a rust inhibitor or sealer; for wood substrates or masonry substrates; or try to strike the ultimate balance as a general-purpose primer. Some of the specific application properties that are most relevant for an architectural primer include wet/dry adhesion to a variety of substrates, household stain blocking, tannin blocking, efflorescent resistance, enamel holdout, flash rust resistance, bister resistance and sanding properties. Here, we give a brief overview of the current market trends in the architectural primer industry, followed by a broad benchmarking to identify some common pain-points in this market segment.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Michael Krayer - Senior Scientist
Company/Organization: BASF Corporation

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Joe King

Joseph King was born July 19, 1921, in Kalkaska, Michigan. He was an active employee of Pacific Coast Chemicals for 25+ years until he retired in 2015 from his Salesman position at 94 years old. He currently resides in Southern California. He has contributed almost 70 years to the paint and coatings industry and is still active in giving his knowledge and leadership to our industry. Joe has a very long history as a teacher and a mentor to many that know him. Some of Joe’s accomplishments are: National Sales Manager and Sr. VP at Mc Closky Corporation; General Manager of Bauer Coatings and Chemical Division of Whittaker Corporation; Sales Manager and Technical Director at Reichhold Chemical Corp; Technical Director at General Paint Corp. Graduated from University of Michigan with a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering. A Masters Degree in Business Administration from University of Southern California. Served in the US Navy as an Engineering Officer on a Destroyer – World War II Veteran.

We often hear the term working smarter, and we all agree and nod yes when we do. But how do we translate this into actions that can improve the bottom line?

Understanding the market price drivers, and how to leverage them, is the first step to working smarter. Granted, we cannot control the market, but we can understand it better, predict it and be prepared.

The biggest cost driver for most producers is raw materials. Yet it typically has the smallest supporting budget and is managed by a small percentage of our human resources. We hire marketing specialist, efficiency & technical experts to improve our processes and save fractions of a penny per unit but we could invest more to reduce our biggest cost, especially as supply & demand on many products are changing.

When oil prices increase and drive up raw materials, it is difficult to negotiate such increases away, unless you are over paying. But when new capacity comes on line shifting the supply and demand balance from a sellers market to a buyers market, we see the greatest opportunity to reduce our cost and vice versa increase our sales prices/margins when there is a shift to a sellers market.

When we reduce our raw material cost, we improve our bottom line and our competitive position in the market, enabling us to increase sales and revenue. This creates a snowball effect to grow our business and profits.

This is working smarter.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: James Ray - Senior Consultant
Company/Organization: ICIS

James has worked in the Plastics Industry for private equity firms in manufacturing, converting and recycling polymers for blow molding, extrusion and injection molding as well as textiles. Recent focus has been in purchasing, dealing with billions of dollars’ worth of products, as this is where the bottom line can be influenced the most.

His focus was on improving profitability by working smarter and more efficiently including:
1. Reduce raw material costs using market intelligence, cost modelling, benchmarking, Strategic planning and negotiations.
2. Establish raw material contracts aligned with commercial contracts

Business Advisory Experience
1. Purchasing advisory with over $100 million savings in a single year.
2. Risk assessment & Management
3. Market supply & demand analysis, forecasting
4. Global Supply chain strategy, alignment & logistics
5. Commercial contract consulting for sales and purchasing
6. Operation cost modelling & activity based costing systems
7. Planning, scheduling & management of key projects
8. Acquisition, divestiture, rationalization.
9. Benchmarking
10. Capital & resource planning
11. Litigation support
12. Quality systems assessment / adjustment

Education
• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from the University of Texas
• Six Sigma Black Belt & Lean Manufacturing
• State of Texas – Licensed Electrician
• Instructor for the ICIS Advanced Purchasing Course in Houston, London, Zurich and Singapore.

Selected Publications
1. ICIS Chemical Business magazine – World Class Purchasing 8/15/16.
2. ICIS Chemical Business magazine – Surviving the Storm (Volatile Markets): http://www.icis.com/contact/request-free-icis-consulting-surviving-the-storm-market-outlook
3. ICIS Chemical Business magazine – The Art & Science of Forecasting: http://www.icis.com/contact/request-free-the-art-and-science-of-forecasting/
4. ICIS Live Webinar – The Art & Science of Forecasting: http://forms.icis.com/content/LP0084_ArtAndScienceOfForecasting and http://www.icis.com/chemicals/channel-info-about/price-forecast-reports/icis-polypropylene-pp-us-price-forecast-report/
5. ICIS World Purchasing Conference (Speaker) 2014 & 2015
6. Oxo-alcohols Conference Americas (Speaker): 2014 – “Making sense of global propylene dynamics”
7. SPE International Polyolefin Conference (Speaker) 2014-2016
8. 2014 – Shale Impact on Polyolefins (Speaker)
a. 2015 – Ethylene, Ethylene, what about Propylene” with all the talk about abundant ethylene, the top petrochemical, what about propylene which is tight
9. Adhesive and Sealants Conference (Speaker): 2015 – “The bubble has burst” demonstrating the recent crude oil drop and highlighting the impact it has on raw material costs.
10. PET Conference (Speaker): 2015 Global PET with a focus on the US & Asia.
11. Plastics News Caps & Closures Conference (Speaker): 2015 – PE & PP Market Update
12. Forecasting for Business Webinar – 2015
13. PET – Webinar – 2015
14. Polypropylene – US Monthly Forecast Author 2013-Present
15. Polyethylene – US Monthly Forecast Author 2014
16. Advanced Purchasing & Training Work Shop Instructor (private classes)

Polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) are used in wood coatings to provide superior appearance and good resistance properties. Increasing the cross link density of non-hydroxy functional PUDs by the addition of an external cross linker further improves the properties of these resins even though they lack the OH functionality. In this study, we have evaluated various cross linkers such as isocyanates, aziridines, carbodiimides, metal salts, melamines and combinations thereof to determine the effect of cross linking on chemical resistance, hardness, abrasion resistance, pot life, stain resistance and durability of non-OH functional PUDs intended to function as high-performance wood coatings. This evaluation would enable the understanding of the mechanism of cross linking and thereby assist the consumer in choosing the appropriate cross linker for a given application.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Aditi Chavannavar - Technical Specialist
Company/Organization: BASF Corporation

The purpose of this presentation is to discuss and detail advances in VOC compliant solvents. The presentation will outline a variety of new VOC compliant solvents, their efficacy, how they may perform and where they may be used in coatings and adhesive formulation applications. The presentation will also discuss formulating to lower the VOCs of standard solvent based formulations and the effect of these new solvents on the coatings. The following may also be part of the presentation but it is not final as of yet. “The presentation will also discuss the development of new VOC Exempt low toxicity replacement for a variety of Glycol Ethers and a film forming coalescent.”

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Dave Pasin - Founder
Company/Organization: TBF Environmental Technology Inc.

In February 2016, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Board approved amendments to Regulation XI Source Specific Standards Rule 1113 Architectural Coatings. One of the amendments added Method 313 for VOC testing of architectural paint bases and colorants. Method 313 includes several additional GC samples, blanks, and standards to assure accuracy of detection, purity of the run, stability of the column, and precision of the measurement. Method 313 recently underwent round-robin testing to ascertain the level of uncertainty in the VOC count. The 12 participant laboratories in the round-robin included industry, academia, and regulatory. Method 313 is susceptible to identifying components as volatiles when they are not commonly considered a VOC. Certain compounds elute earlier in the column than the end point marker, methyl palmitate, and are wrongly considered a volatile. In order to mitigate these errors, SCAQMD provides an avenue to claim an exemption on these ingredients. The Exclusion Pathway is the result of industry and SCAQMD working together to minimize false positives in Method 313. The focus of the work herein, provides an industry perspective on Method 313 and the Exclusion Pathway. The advantages and disadvantages of both processes are also expounded upon.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Jerry Powers - Technology Manager - Coatings Americas
Company/Organization: Chromaflo Technologies

Waterborne latex paints are highly complex, concentrated colloidal systems that present major challenges in understanding mechanisms that govern their phase behavior and rheology. Understanding the mechanisms is critical in developing approaches to control their in-can stability as well as rheology. Our ongoing studies focus on understanding mechanisms of flocculation, syneresis, and rheology of concentrated, commercial and model latex and HEUR (Hydrophobically-Modified, Ethoxylated, Urethane) thickeners. Previously reported work based on commercial latexes and HEUR thickeners established a three-way correlation among bridging flocculation of latex particles with HEUR thickeners, their syneresis, and shear-thickening viscosity behavior. However, establishing direct evidence of the mechanisms was not possible due to the unknown nature of structural details of the commercial products. The use of well-characterized, model latexes and thickeners plus the use of an additional characterization technique, diffusing wave spectroscopy, allowed effective probing of mechanistic details of the latex-HEUR interactions.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Dr. Ray Fernando - Director, Western Coatings Technology Center
Company/Organization: California Polytechnic State University

Alkyd emulsion technology for DTM applications has been in the marketplace for a number of years. However, the current commercial offerings generally fall short for either speed of dry or corrosion protection. The ultimate goal is to develop a fast dry alkyd emulsion with excellent corrosion resistance. This paper will review the development of a DTM alkyd emulsion that exhibits fast dry with excellent salt spray results at 300 hours. Benchmarking studies against commercially available alkyd emulsions and solvent-borne alkyds will be reviewed.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Michael Knight - R&D and Technical Service Manager, Coatings
Company/Organization: POLYNT Composites USA, Inc.

The need for efficient, hydrolytically stable metal catalysts has never been greater in the polyurethane industry. Toxicity concerns have put regulatory pressure on the use of organotin. In addition, metal catalysts that are free from 2-EHA (2-ethylhexanoic acid), are desirable, as 2-EHA and its salts are classified as CMR substances category 2, as this classification leads to undesired labelling issues. Several novel organometallic catalysts have been developed as effective tin alternates for accelerating the polyol/polyisocyanate reactions. These new versatile catalysts are effective accelerators for a variety of polyurethane applications, including coatings, elastomers, sealants, and foams. In addition these catalysts are also effective in promoting ambient cure in both one and two component organosilane based polymers, utilized in adhesives, sealants and coatings as either coupling agents or crosslinkers. These new catalysts contain no 2-ethylhexanoic acid in the form of a free acid or as the metal carboxylate.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Dr. Ravi Ravichandran - Vice President, Research & Development
Company/Organization: King Industries, Inc.

Wetting Agents play a critical role in both the production and application of waterborne coatings. During production, wetting agents assist in the grind stage by improving the dispersion of pigments allowing a shortening of the grind time. From the application perspective, wetting agents make it possible to apply waterborne coatings to low energy surfaces. The performance of wetting agents has usually been a compromise of positive and negative features. Anionic wetting agents can have excellent dynamic surface tension control, but can often result in the foaminess of the grind resulting in microfoam when applied. Low foaming nonionic wetting agents have found value in industrial coatings where microfoam cannot be tolerated, however they do not typically provide adequate surface tension control. Our recent advances in silicon-free nonionic wetting agent technology have allowed for a significant step forward in performance. This presentation will show how these advances are now providing architectural and industrial waterborne coatings with a) low dynamic and equilibrium surface tension, and b) the latitude to add the wetting agent at any point of the paint manufacturing process without generating foam and dispersion issues, eliminating microfoam and undispersed pigment particles in the finished coating.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Chitra Jeurkar, Ph.D.

NatureWorks is a leading global supplier of Polylactic (PLA) acid and has supplied a variety of PLA thermoplastics to the market for over 15 years. Using a process similar to making thermoplastic PLA, NatureWorks has developed a series of reactive PLA polyols for use in adhesive and coating resins such as polyurethanes. These polyols provide a bio-based intermediate that can improve solvent and chemical resistance, enable higher hardness and improve impact and adhesion properties. This presentation will focus on the use of PLA polyols in polyurethane adhesives and coatings. PLA polyols are easily customized to control key properties such as viscosity, Tg and solubility which impact the end properties of the polyurethane. For example, the PLA polyols are easily converted into isocyanate prepolymers and can be designed with low melt viscosity but with also fast set times. The presentation will describe a variety of PLA polyols with hydroxyl values between about 25-60 mg-KOH/g and their incorporation in a representative polyurethane formula. The presentation will summarize the structure-property relationship and the impact of the PLA segment on key properties such as flexibility, solvent and hydrolytic resistance.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Bill Coggio, Ph.D. - Applications and Technology Manager
Company/Organization: NatureWorks LLC

The use of low-VOC capable, all-acrylic binders in consumer paints is common; however, they are less frequently used in high-traffic commercial and institutional coatings due to poor chemical and abrasion resistance. Through systematic design principles, design of experiment and six sigma methodologies, an all-acrylic binder has been developed to match or surpass a single-component, pre-catalyzed water-borne epoxy for chemical and cleaner resistance, as well as abrasion resistance and other hardness properties. Leveraging industry standard testing procedures, the improved performance of the new polymer was validated through benchmarking against high-performance commercially available paints in this market space. In addition, chemical and cleaner resistance was quantified at different time intervals for a better understanding of resistance performance.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Tyler Bell - Research Chemist for New Product Development and Innovation
Company/Organization: Engineered Polymer Solutions

Exterior masonry paint and coatings can contain high quantities of free surfactants. This has led to significant issues for paint manufacturers in terms of surfactant leaching. This phenomenon is liable to occur on any water-borne exterior paint due to migration of water-soluble components within the paint or coating to the surface. Normal process occurs over time and is promoted by atmospheric conditions, but under certain atmospheric conditions (often in spring and in autumn) the exudation process can be accelerated. Anticipating the demand for new technology, OMNOVA Solutions has developed an innovative binder with very low free surfactant content, and polymer particle composition allowing for high quality of film formation and adhesion. The main benefits of this LEB technology are the unmet resistance to surfactant exudation and the very high resistance to efflorescence. Built-in flexibility, UV resistance and binding power are additional properties that make it a preferred choice for a wide variety of thin and/or thick film exterior paints and coatings. This polymer has low VOC demands and the flexibility and adhesion properties suitable for a wide variety of surfaces.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Brian T. Doran - Senior Scientist
Company/Organization: OMNOVA Solutions

Coating formulation is an iterative process that is often constrained by a lack of system knowledge pertaining to formulation components, processing and application conditions, and anticipated service environment and failure mode. Suppliers and end-users are under increasing pressure to deliver new materials to market quickly, in a sustainable and resource-efficient manner. To address these challenges, a system of machine learning recommendation engines for coatings formulation is being developed. The recommendation engines may be used in a materials-first methodology, where coating performance is predicted given a defined formulation, or in a performance-first methodology, where a formulation is proposed to the user given a set of input performance requirements. Novel coatings proposed by the database and tested in the laboratory can be fed back to the database in order to expand the scope, applicability, and validity of the recommendations. The central database within the recommendation engine is therefore continuously evolving in order to provide the best and most intelligent formulation suggestions or performance predictions. Examples of populating a database, training the recommendation engine, obtaining new formulations, and improving the overall applicability of the recommendation engine using the proposed formulations will be presented.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Dr. Erik Sapper - Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Company/Organization: California Polytechnic State University

Multi-purpose emulsion polymers, for example binders for paint and primer in one application, may compromise performance of individual layers. This performance compromise is magnified in architectural exterior coatings due to stringent performance requirements necessitated by harsh exterior environments. This presentation will discuss novel polymers that mitigate performance compromise by providing excellent primer and superior top coat properties. These emulsion polymers are developed by innovative synthesis designs involving optimized hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance, particle morphology and efficient particle coalescence to form films. The discussion will be focused on adhesion to multiple substrates, efflorescence resistance, tannin blocking, corrosion resistance, dirt pick-up resistance, surfactant leaching, and early rain resistance. The presentation will also cover paint film mechanical properties, accelerated weathering data and exterior natural weathering data. These new polymers can be used to formulate ultra-low VOC coatings.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Kaliappa Ragunathan - Senior Scientist
Company/Organization: BASF Corporation

As environmental pressures continue to drive more sustainable coatings, polyaspartic coatings solutions have come more into focus with low to zero VOC and excellent performance characteristics. With broader adoption of this technology, there is now a greater need for matte finishes. However, this coating type is very difficult to matte. Low to zero VOC coatings, such as polyaspartic systems have minimal film shrinkage, requiring higher levels of matting agents to obtain a matte finish. In addition, the typical application of polyaspartic coatings, on floors or steel beams, requires higher film build. This increases the silica loading needed for gloss reduction adversely effecting viscosity, making the coating difficult to handle. This paper highlights a specially engineered synthetic silica matting agent ideal for matting polyaspartic systems. This silica technology is compared to other silica matting agent types of various manufacturing processes, physical properties, and treatment chemistries. The results provide an understanding of the effects of silica in these coatings and demonstrates the advantages of this unique matting agent technology in polyaspartic systems.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Bob T. Lin - Applications Manager
Company/Organization: Evonik Corporation

Barrier membranes and coatings based on synthetic latex polymers play a key role in optimizing and extending the functionality, value and usable life of many building structures. Latex polymers enable moisture management through excellent water resistance, crack isolation, and controlled water vapor transmission (WVT) depending on the application. This presentation reviews moisture management performance of various styrene butadiene and styrene acrylic polymers. In addition, development of a simulated ANSI A118.12 Crack Isolation test method designed for typical lab capabilities will be presented.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Chuck Fifelski - Performance Latex TS&D Specialist
Company/Organization: Trinseo, LLC

“To obtain the ‘perfect coatings finish’ one must eliminate the appearance issues.
The problems can be the result of color, surface tension, foam and/or rheology.
With the use of pictures and videos this presentation will review reasons for coatings defects and provide an understanding of the potential solutions.
Areas to be discussed:
-Reasons and importance of coatings
-What coatings defects occur and their effect on the coating performance
-How to test / measure quality of a coating
-An understanding of the reason for the defects
-How to reduce / eliminate the defects through a basic understanding of the concepts of additive functionality.
“

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Stuart Lipskin - Key Account Manager
Company/Organization: BYK USA

Four students from the Western Coatings Technology Center, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo will present a summary of their research.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Kyle Aidukas
Company/Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Speaker: Breanna Arellano
Company/Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Speaker: Jeremy Armas
Company/Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Speaker: Renee Roeder
Company/Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

The use of silicon-based materials in architectural and industrial markets has and continues to expand from niche utility to being viewed as premium technology for high-performance coatings. Silicone resins and resin intermediates can offer improved resistance to temperature, moisture, corrosion, electrical discharge, and weathering; this allows formulators to create optimal performing heat resistance paints, industrial maintenance, and protective coatings. After a composition has been chosen to meet performance requirements, cure conditions must be considered; while film formation may be modified in some instances, it is imperative to ensure film properties are not compromised by deviating from the cure which is inherent to the chosen resin technology. In the past, formulators have used heat to promote full cure in silicone based coatings. However with regulatory compliance changes and the trend towards low energy curable coatings, formulators started seeking out options to modify silicone resins to achieve full cure at ambient temperatures, while still maintaining heat resistance, hydrophobicity, impact resistance, and flexibility. A new platform of ambient curing silicone resins to achieve previously mentioned performances has emerged to service the industrial coatings market, and will continue to grow as the demand for alternative performance requirements evolves.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Jenafer Jensen - Technical Service, Architectural and Industrial Coatings
Company/Organization: Dow Corning Corporation

In today’s world there is an every growing need or drive to formulate coatings so that they achieve the ultimate in not just flow and leveling, but also film build and brush transfer are very important. Hidden in this is the associative thickener loading levels. As the drive to obtain the mentioned properties grow so too does the thickener loading levels increase. In this paper we will talk about the impact of different latex properties and their impact on associative thickener performance. We will look at particle size and the hydrophobic/hydrophilic nature of the latex and how it impacts the formulating space of both the KU driver(mid to low sheer) and the ICI driver(high sheer) non-ionic associative thickener.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Wesley Huff - Head of Rheology Polymer Development
Company/Organization: BYK USA

Solvent based and water reducible alkyd systems face an uncertain future as VOC’s tighten. With exempt solvent available solvent systems have options, however water reducible alkyd systems are unstable at low VOC. Latex emulsions offer an alternative for water but do not offer the look, adhesion and corrosion resistance of industrial alkyds. Recent coating conference abstracts shows much of the industry is trying to reduce VOC by emulsifying alkyds with surfactants. Surfactant emulsification does aid in VOC reduction, however, data shows the emulsifiers create other performance issues. This paper discusses the advancement of a surfactant free and solvent free alkyd dispersion platform. Using a new process, alkyd dispersions with high solids and low viscosity of (<150 cPS) are made without emulsifiers or solvents. In this paper the application potential of the new platform will be detailed along with the improvements observed in both early water resistance and overall water resistance.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Jeffrey Arendt - Technical Account Coordinator
Company/Organization: Arkema

Redox reactions have been successfully used in emulsion polymerization to reduce free monomer after the main polymerization for decades. New work will be presented highlighting additional valuable benefits of redox chemistry when employed during the main polymerization in conjunction with its use as a post reaction system. By utilizing the appropriate redox chemistry in the main polymerization, lower polymerization temperatures are possible. This in turn provides the opportunity to further tune the molecular weight of the resulting product improving properties such as scrub resistance and tensile strength among others. The ability to start the polymerization at lower temperature also allows the reaction to heat adiabatically, offering shorter cycle times and cleaner reactions. In addition, the polymerizations performed in this manner have produced lower free monomer than conventional thermal polymerizations prior to the monomer chase. After utilizing a redox chase, the residual free monomer in the redox initiated reaction is significantly less than the product in which a thermal initiator was used for the main reaction. This additionally provides lower odor and lower VOC products.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Dr. Gerald Vandezande - President/CEO
Company/Organization: 1st Source Research, Inc.

Industrial and protective coatings are a segment of the coatings business whose performance requirements extend beyond the pure decorative aspect of other coatings. More often than not, such coatings have other important properties such as adhesion and protection of substrates with their life time in severe environments. An important additional aspect is their content of volatile organic components. In meeting all the above mentioned requirements, to name a few, often compromises have to be made to meet as many as possible attributes in an optimal way. Real innovation is therefore seeking compromises that are better than current solutions. The work being presented at the conference will be discussing options to find optimal combinations of essential properties that the market is looking for. Focus will be on epoxy coating systems. Such enhanced combinations will be the combination of durable, chemical resistant systems which yet have sufficient flexibility to withstand cracking by utilizing a newly developed toughening agent. Data will also be provided on properties such as corrosion resistance and adhesion, properties commonly taken for granted in epoxy systems. Another topic of discussion will focus on an aliphatic amine curing agent that provides flexibility, water repellence and adhesion to metal substrates, at the same time enabling formulations with low to zero VOC hitherto not possible. Also in this case other properties will be shown to demonstrate that corrosion and de-bonding properties match and exceed common, VOC containing formulations.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Wolfgang Geuking - Technology Development Manager
Company/Organization: Croda Inc.

The development of resins that are capable of good performance at decreasing volatile organic compound (VOC) targets is an ongoing challenge in the coatings industry. Traditional emulsion resins can be formulated to lower VOC levels using a variety of zero VOC coalescents by lowering the effective minimum film formation temperature (MFFT) of the polymer. These materials remain in the cured film and can negatively impact coating properties, such as decreased hardness. This is a challenge, especially in high gloss industrial topcoats. BASF has developed a waterborne emulsion that provides good hardness development in high gloss coating formulations of 50 g/l. Our unique process allows us to manufacture resins that are stable with significantly less surfactant than a typical emulsion polymer. With our manufacturing capability, we can precisely design the polymer architecture to provide desired properties as well as good film formation with low coalescent demand.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Lori Boggs, Ph.D - Technical Specialist - Transportation, Industrial, Furniture & Floor Coatings
Company/Organization: BASF Corporation

Discrete, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), known as Molecular-Rebar® (MR), can be easily incorporated into epoxy-based coatings formulations which can significantly enhance the performance and lifetime of these systems under harsh field conditions. In this study 0.5 wt% total resin solids MR was incorporated into MIL-DTL 53022, and cold rolled steel panel were sprayed resulting in layers consisting of a zinc-rich polyurethane primer, epoxy mid coat (plus MR), and polyurethane top coat. Mechanical properties were maintained by the addition of MR, and corrosion resistance was significantly improved, as tested in B117 salt fog spray (165% improvement) and GMW 14872 cyclic corrosion testing (66%). Chip resistance of the panels also indicated improved corrosion performance with the presence of MR with a 38% improvement in salt fog and a 37% improvement in cyclic corrosion. Additional testing is on-going incorporating MR into a zinc-rich epoxy primer in the MIL-DTL 53022 system as well, aiming to show even greater improvements and possibly eliminate the mid coat. Applications such as marine coatings, infrastructure, transportation, oil field applications, general finish, and electrical coatings can all benefit from the addition of these commercially available MWCNT

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Andrew Stewart - Staff Materials Scientist
Company/Organization: Molecular Rebar Design

Pigments are designed and produced to be insoluble particles used to impart color in a variety of materials. They can be classified as organic, inorganic, effect, and functional. The diverse range of pigment chemistries, the end use requirements, and the broad range of colors available can create a challenging situation for chemists in selecting the optimal pigment or additive for a given application. The proper pigment or additive selection is critical in determining the performance of the finished coating as well as the production efficiency. Understanding the different pigment types, properties and chemical families will help the formulator select the most effective pigment chemistry and manufacturing processing thus avoiding potential problems with the final coating and application. This paper will focus on pigment families and their application in waterborne, solvent borne and universal dispersions. The theory behind processing, selection of wetting and dispersing agents, and the differences between co-grinding and single pigment dispersion will also be discussed

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Jadel Baptista - Technical Director
Company/Organization: LANSCO Colors

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Kyle Flack - Product Development Scientist
Company/Organization: BASF Corporation

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Corinne Walden
Company/Organization: Wacker Chemical Corporation

As new chemistries and raw material technologies rise, formulators can improve their coatings with added long term benefits for their customers. However, the desire of customers (homeowners or professionals) to maintain an even and satisfactory dried film appearance remains constant and sometimes supersedes added benefits from raw materials. Formulators must understand the relationships and interactions between raw materials from laboratory to store shelves and from wet application to dried appearance in order to provide their customers with a satisfactory product. Rheology modifiers play an important role in controlling the interactions of a coating’s binder during various shear conditions which include roller application and the flow of a paint when the coating is left undisturbed. This paper will explore and quantify various nonionic synthetic associative thickeners (NSATs) of different compositions in three stages: before the paint is applied, real-time application, and a fully cured film. Utilizing a rheometer, an application reader, and a profilometer would help formulators understand paint performance and its relationship to perceived quality in the hands of a homeowner or professional.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Kent Maghacut - Staff Scientist - Coatings Specialties
Company/Organization: Ashland Specialty Ingredients

Natural weathering of exterior architectural paints leads to undesirable changes in coating gloss and color. Recent developments in pigment-polymer pre-composite technology facilitates improvement in gloss retention under a variety of climatic conditions. For these binders, the good correlation between natural and accelerated weathering allowed the development of statistical models for predicting the durability of real-world exposures. Models of the gloss retention data in this study are used to compare the accuracy of xenon arc lamp irradiation plus water spray testing versus fluorescent UV lamp irradiation plus condensation testing. Overall, this study offers evidence that formation of TiO2-binder pre-composites enhances exterior gloss retention over a wide range of weathering conditions by improving pigment distribution and minimizing surface roughness changes.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Jordan Stracke - Senior Chemist
Company/Organization: The DOW Chemical Company

Waterborne coatings have experienced significant growth in the last 30 years, due to the increased environmental awareness and tighter regulations. pH neutralizers, although used in very small quantities in waterborne coatings, play an essential role in wet and dry coating performance. This talk will discuss a proprietary amine neutralizer ANGUS recently developed and its applications in waterborne industrial and automotive coatings. This novel amine neutralizer, with its unique structure and physical properties, provides enhanced performances for physical drying and chemical curing coatings such as lower curing temperature, better early water resistance, and better final film properties.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Chunzhao Li
Company/Organization: ANGUS Chemical Company

Biocides used for the protection of materials from microbial degradation have undergone a slow but steady evolution from the early generation of agents that were broadly toxic to all forms of life, to the current generation of agents which are more tailored to the intended use and to the associated microbial species which must be controlled. This trend has shaped the selection of currently available biocides, and its influence can be seen in the new biocide technologies that are being developed. Current and future trends in new biocide development are described, along with the underlying factors that influence the direction of these development programs.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Scott A. Brown - Materials Protection Global Applications Technology
Company/Organization: Lonza, Inc.

It is known that architectural coatings for wood should generally last at least 8 years, although certain manufacturers provide warranties of up to 15 years. With respect to these expectations in performance, a significant period of time would be required to adequately test paint performance. In light of new and improved testing equipment available on the market, tensile testing of free paint films used for wood has become a good indicator of coating performance and durability. This type of mechanical testing in conjunction with accelerated weathering can be used an effective screening test for wood paint, drastically reducing the amount of time and effort required for assessment of paints used on dimensionally unstable substrates (e.g. wood). In addition, the use of an environmental chamber allows for low temperature testing (e.g. 0°C) of these paint films, from which conclusions can be drawn regarding the performance of these products subject to harsh weather conditions and inherent dimensional changes in wood due to moisture absorption and transfer. Laboratory tensile testing results in comparison with paint performance in the field will be presented.

Location: Versailles 3/4

With a strong history of proven performance in architectural and industrial coatings and the ability to adhere to less-than-ideally prepared substrates, alkyd resins have remained at the forefront of coating technology for over 50 years. With such an established history, alkyds are often thought of as old technology and synonymously associated with flammable solvents and high levels of volatile organic compounds (VOC). These historical associations are not the contemporary story. New technology has been developed. Several commercial techniques now exist to create stable, high-performing alkyds in water, with almost no VOC. This paper will discuss these recent technology developments. Alkyd emulsions, alkyd dispersions, water-dilutable alkyds and water-reducible alkyds will be reviewed and discussed to help the attendee understand the strengths and limitations of these and other waterbased technologies. The attendee will walk away with an understanding of the history, present state and future direction of alkyd resin technology for coatings

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Neal Rogers - Technical Account Coordinator
Company/Organization: Arkema

Obtaining patent protection on coating formulations can be a challenge when the coating formulation is a combination of existing (i.e., “old”) raw materials. However, as coating formulators are well aware, developing coatings by combining existing raw materials in a new way can lead to synergistic interactions and yield an unexpectedly improved coating. The manner in which a newly developed coating formulation is presented to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) can be critical in determining whether a patent will ultimately be issued. This presentation will detail the challenges of obtaining a patent on a coating formulation, including typical rejections of patent applications directed at coating formulations. This presentation will also detail various strategies for obtaining a patent on a coating formulation with an emphasis on the criticality of designing laboratory experiments. Finally, this presentation will also discuss the process of eventually compromising with the USPTO and foreign patent offices on a particular claim scope, and how strategically designed laboratory experiments have the potential to shape the compromise.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Daniel R. Chojnowski - Attorney
Company/Organization: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

A successful coating is defined by a set of critical properties while in the paint can, during application, and ultimately in its performance throughout its service life. However, due to limitations in either the raw materials or in the science of formulating, it is often necessary to tolerate shortcoming in one property in order to enhance another. An example is producing a latex film with high gloss – one easy path to high film gloss is lowering the polymer molecular weight, but this usually also leads to a decrease in solvent resistance and exterior durability. Another is formulating a coating at lower VOC – lowering polymer Tg or using non-volatile plasticizers are possible paths to lower VOC, but film hardness is usually sacrificed. Achieving high performance can be a complex task, and often requires a balancing act among competing properties. This presentation will describe a variety of the guiding principles used in designing and formulating waterborne acrylic direct-to-metal (DTM) coatings, as well as some of the solutions that have been devised to break free from the delicate balancing act and the restrictions sometimes placed on achieving high performance. The challenges, principles and creative options will be demonstrated with performance data for several waterborne acrylic DTM binders developed over the past several decades.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Laura Vielhauer - Technical Service Group Leader for Dow Coating Materials
Company/Organization: The Dow Chemical Company

A major challenge within the coating industry is to formulate more environmentally acceptable end products that comply with increasingly restrictive governmental regulations on volatile organic compounds. Application, performance, and formulating challenges include wetting over low energy surfaces, foam, water sensitivity, rheology, and flow and leveling. This presentation will review the chemistry, theory, and application of various surfactant types with an emphasis on ABA structured surfactants for waterborne applications. Topics covered will compare the structures and behavior of both nonionic and ionic surfactants. An understanding of how surfactants function with respect to surface tension reduction, foam stabilization and control, micro-foam, wetting of low energy substrates, pigment dispersion and stabilization, water sensitivity, VOC implications, and affects on rheological behavior will be covered.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Sam Morell - Founder/President
Company/Organization: samMorell.com

Traditionally, flat grade TiO2 is used in interior flat coatings that are near or over critical PVC. Although flat grade TiO2 does increase opacity and tint strength compared to the enamel grades in this type of paint, this may not be the most cost effective method to achieve the desired optical properties. The flat grades usually contain 82% TiO2 whereas the enamel grade is usually 93% TiO2. In flat grade TiO2, the remaining 20% is usually alumina and a silicate. Because the prices of these two different grades are essentially the same, the paint manufacture is paying a 12% premium for the flat grade TiO2 when normalizing cost to TiO2 content. The ChemQuest Technology Institute investigated whether a properly formulated interior paint made with the enamel grade TiO2 can in fact match the properties of the flat grade while achieving a lower fully-formulated cost. Formulations at several different PVC’s, below and above CPVC, and different TiO2 levels were compared, while the enamel grade TiO2 formulations were modified with various extenders to match the flat grade properties. A performance and cost analysis will be presented.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Stephen Raper - Director of Product Development
Company/Organization: ChemQuest Technology Institute

Titanium dioxide pigments play an important role in protecting white and light colored paints against the influences of weathering by reducing direct degradation of binder systems. However, Titanium dioxide pigments are photo active and if not designed properly, can also accelerate degradation of paint films. This talk reviews the mechanism of paint degradation and how careful design of Titanium dioxide pigments enables best protection and guarantees maximum lifetime of the coating.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Thomas Hanna - Senior Technical Service Consultant, Titanium Technologies
Company/Organization: The Chemours Company

Regulations and consumer demand are driving the industry to limit the use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in architectural paints. Current low-VOC high-gloss paints, when used with low VOC colorants, typically suffer from undesirable properties including perceived tackiness, poor early block resistance, and a susceptibility to permanent deformation under pressure. As a result, there is a market need for a low-VOC polymer that is capable of matching traditional 150 g/L VOC paints for hardness properties. A novel use of rheological methods was used to characterize and develop a new high gloss, low-VOC polymer. Tack performance was assessed by studying the linear viscoelastic properties via dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and imprint resistance was predicted by creep measurements. Compared to traditional methods for assessing these properties, the use of these rheological techniques is more quantitative and objective, while also providing insight into structure-property relationships. These techniques were used to characterize and validate the new polymer and benchmark it against commercial controls.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Dr. Tessie Ewert - Chemist
Company/Organization: Engineered Polymer Solutions

Low molecular weight, liquid ethylene propylene diene rubber (L-EPDM) has been known in the industry for many years. Common applications include rubber goods, oil additives, and adhesives. More recently these elastomers have found utility in liquid applied industrial coatings. These resins, formulated into solvent-based liquid coatings, may be cured with peroxide or UV radiation and are often used as maintenance coatings for flat or low slope roofs. However, adoption into other coating applications is limited by the high solvent content required. Recently, a waterborne suspension of L-EPDM has been developed. This material can easily be formulated into a water-based coating and is curable with metal driers (1K), or peroxides (2K) and/or UV radiation. The suspension can be used alone or with other resins, or may be used as an additive to improve the properties of formulations. Properties of cured coatings made from the waterborne L-EPDM are similar to those of their solvent borne counterparts. This paper will discuss L-EPDM waterborne suspension properties, coating formulation, application and curing methods, and final film properties.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Gregory J. Brust - Scientist for Trilene Applications Development
Company/Organization: Lion Elastomers

Evonik introduced structure modified, nanostructured synthetic silica technology more than a decade ago for improving scratch resistance and mechanical strength across coatings and adhesives / sealant fields. New developments now create novel design which offer environmentally sustainable improvement to anti-fouling performance in marine environments.
This paper addresses the following effects:
• The efficiency of cuprous oxide based antifouling coatings could be improved with approx.. 10% structure modified fumed silica
• Together with 10% structure modified fumed silica even a loading of only 3% Cu2O improves the antifouling behavior
• A higher loading of o Cu2O and/or structure modified fumed silica should improve the long time performance.
A brief review of the model to explain the positive effects of structure modified fumed silica in cuprous based antifouling coatings will be presented. Specific performance enhancements of increased stability and a reduced leaching of copper ions will be addressed.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Maria Nargiello - Head of AT - Americas
Company/Organization: Evonik Corporation

Improved thickening efficiency is the order of the day in the architectural waterborne coatings world. VOC regulations have driven latex manufacturers to develop new systems that allow formulators to be in compliance. Unfortunately these new latex systems interact very differently with the functional additives and the rheology modifiers are typically much less efficient. The next generation of thickener technology discussed here is intended to offer the formulator options in resolving the issue of thickener inefficiency, while maintaining paint performance properties. These properties include viscosity retention on tinting, color stability, sag resistance and leveling.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Ocean Tang - Technical Service Chemist - Defoamers
Company/Organization: Elementis Specialties

With volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations becoming more stringent, it is imperative that solvent-borne oil modified urethane (OMU) resins are capable of being formulated to a VOC as low as 275 g/L while maintaining good film performance properties. The main applications for these low VOC solvent-borne OMUs include wood coatings for floor finishes and furniture. Key characteristics include air oxidative crosslinking, single stable package, ease of use, and good abrasion, mar and chemical resistance. Current low VOC solvent-borne options include high solids and exempt solvent OMUs, but there are drawbacks to both options. High solids OMUs have low molecular weight and therefore softer and less durable films. Though certain exempt solvent OMUs have a high molecular weight and similar performance to higher VOC OMUs, obstacles such as odor, recoat problems, and expense can be a challenge. A low VOC solvent-borne OMU has been developed which delivers good film performance properties when formulated to a VOC of 275 g/L. Features include high gloss, flat to satin finish options, good durability and overall performance equal to that of a 350 g/L solvent-borne OMU.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Kristy Hayes - Research and Development Chemist
Company/Organization: Reichhold LLC 2

My Mission Statement for the last four decades has been “To teach the more efficient use of raw materials through the use of titanates and zirconates.” The PowerPoint presentation will be an up-to-date review taken from over 450-ACS CAS Abstracted “Works by S.J. Monte” and several thousand ACS CAS abstracts of work by others on “Ti/Zr Coupling Agents”. Polymeric coatings rely on inorganic and organic raw materials to function. Many of the materials are non-silane reactive as noted in “Silane Coupling Agents” by Edwin P. Plueddemann on page 114: “… Surfaces that showed little or no apparent response to silane coupling agents include calcium carbonate, graphite and boron. Only slight improvement was imparted to asbestine, hydroxy-apatite (Ca10(OH)2(PO4)6), titanium dioxide, and zinc oxide.” It will be shown that 1.5-nanometer heteroatom titanate/zirconate organometallic atomic monolayers on the interface of non-silane reactive fine particle or sub-mircron or nano-sized inorganics such as CaCO3, ZnO, TiO2, hydroxyapatite, metal powders, carbon black, CNTs, barium sulfide, Portland cement, boron nitride, etc. optimizes their functionality by effecting complete deagglomeration of the particulate as attrited thereby increasing electron or thermal transfer efficiency via more available surface area creating more complete particle three dimensional contact while rendering materials such as BN hydrophobic and organophilic and dispersed completely within an organic polymer phase that has been made devoid of air and moisture by Ti/Zr chemical reactions via catalysis and compatibilization mechanisms which increase polymer flow and flexibility in coatings resulting in significantly increased elongation (strain) and moderately increased tensile strength (stress) – independent of any curative or crosslink mechanisms – thus producing a “tougher” functional coating with greater adhesion to a variety of non-polar (such as fluoropolymers) and polar substrates (such as automotive tin plate). “Toughness” being defined as the area under the plot of Stress vs. Strain, which shows up in Reverse Impact tests. For example, a mixture of a deagglomerated boron nitride powder using 0.5 weight percent of a neoalkoxy tridioctylphosphato titanate coupling agent in a polymer achieved a coating with a thermal conductivity of 20 W/moK, which is close to that of pure alumina (about 25 /W/moK); and a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of below about 15 ppm/oC; and having good electrical insulative properties; with volume resistivity of a least 1016 ohms.cm. The demonstrated Titanate/Zirconate Coupling functionality with a BN surface via proton coordination directly in the polymer phase as the transport medium (i.e. no-pretreatment) with no leaving group is in itself unique when compared to BN non-functional silanes which require a hydroxyl group and water of condensation for interfacial reactions. Many smart inorganics and organics are non-reactive to silanes due to the limitations of OH availability. Carbon (carbon black, graphite, graphene, CNT’s, etc.) is a typical interface that is non-silane reactive while a neoalkoxy tridodecylbenzene sulfonyl titanate will disperse conductive carbon black in water with no dispersion device needed. In addition, the degree of silane coupling is dependent on the percentage of OH groups while neoalkoxy titanates and zirconates react with more abundant surface protons, which provides a performance advantage in long term aging maintenance of original functional properties when compared to the interfacial deterioration data obtained using silanes in such tests as 240-hour 10% salt water boil used in advanced composites protocol testing. Brighter OLED’s; sharper copier toner imaging; improved UV coatings performance using a neoalkoxy triacrylic zirconate; increased electrical conductivity of metal powders in polymers; and in situ co-polymerization of dissimilar Addition and Condensation polymers will be demonstrated. The use of bi-polar layers of dissimilar neoalkoxy titanates and trineoalkoxy zirconates to produce transparent, non-moisture dependent, volume as well as surface ESD coatings will be shown for polyurethane and waterbased acrylic coatings.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Salvatore J. Monte - President/Owner
Company/Organization: Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc.

Achieving a balance of desired paint performance characteristics can be challenging, resource intensive, and time consuming to paint manufacturers. High throughput research strategies offer the formulator the ability to screen through an expansive formulation space of varying raw materials, levels, and blends and identify product synergies and formulation recommendations. In low VOC formulations, additives selection is particularly relevant for addressing foam control, water sensitivity, and general surface properties. Silicone additives in particular can disproportionately impact such properties at low use levels. The Dow Chemical Company has been an industry leader in the development of high throughput capabilities. Leveraging decades of expertise in both high throughput testing and coatings formulation, Dow has successfully utilized its high throughput resources to offer formulation recommendations to paint manufacturers. This presentation will address the breadth and power of high throughput research in formulation development with silicone additives.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Kevin Henderson - TS&D Scientist
Company/Organization: The Dow Chemical Company

“The need to improve the environmental performance of coatings have boosted the development of APE-free surfactants for waterborne decorative paints that typically contain acrylic or vinyl-acrylic latexes obtained through emulsion polymerization.
Alkylphenol ethoxylates (APE) are an important class of surfactants used in emulsion polymerization due to their cost-effectiveness. However, concerns about APE ecotoxicity have led to an effort to replace them with alternatives without this environmental problem.
Replacement of APE surfactants in emulsion polymerization is always a difficult challenge due to the several physical-chemical properties of latexes affected by the surfactants during the polymerization and post-polymerization.
Surfactant composition and content strongly affect particle nucleation, growth and stability along the polymerization determining coagulum formation, particle size distribution, surface tension, mechanical and electrolyte stabilities of the final latexes as well as the properties of paints formulated with those latexes, in special the wet scrub resistance.
In this work, the effect of sulfated and phosphated APE-free surfactants on nucleation, growth, coagulum formation, surface tension, particle size distribution, mechanical and electrosteric stabilities of styrene-acrylic latexes will be presented.
Finally, the impact of those latexes containing different APE-free surfactants and content on wet scrub resistance of matt paints, PVC 55 wt%, will be explored.
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Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Juliane Pereira Santos - Senior Researcher
Company/Organization: Oxiteno Indústria S.A., Brazil

Coatings are needed to provide protection and aesthetics to a wide range of products. Coatings can provide color, hiding power, and gloss as well as protection against weather, impact resistance, scratch resistance, corrosion resistance, moisture, salts, and solvents. With a broad range of the types of coatings formulations that are being used for a wide range of needs there is a need for different types of treated fumed silicas to meet these increasing performance demands. Treated fumed silicas can provide sag resistance, hydrophobicity for corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance, anti-settling, and increase mechanical strengths as well as other properties to coatings. Some types of treatments on fumed silicas common in coatings are polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), hexamethyldisilazane (HMDZ) and dimethyldichlorosilane (DiMeDi). Typically it is best to choose the treatment type for the desired functionality and polarity of a system. The innovation discussed includes a short overview of the selection of fumed silica treatments, and a discussion on how they can provide a good blend of performance attributes such as sag resistance, dispersability, and applyability. Then the correct fumed silica particle and chemistry of treatment with the optimal treatment level is discussed to show that the strength of particle interaction can give these performance attributes while also giving a good coating appearance as measured by orange peel, gloss, solvent popping, haze, and DOI.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Jesse Kleczka - Technical Service Manager, Performance Chemicals
Company/Organization: Cabot Corporation

Latest developments of wax and polymer additives have been designed to improve surface properties such as anti-mar, anti-burnishing, abrasion resistance while maintaining low matt finish in aqueous paints. They can be used to minimize or eliminate the use of extenders and natural matting agents that adversely effects the surface protection and storage stability. Various types of test methods from coatings and related industries have been used to record and distinguish the performance factors in the coatings applications.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Tim Chen - Deco End-Use Manager: Architectural Paints, Floor Coatings and Construction Chemicals
Company/Organization: BYK USA

Metal surfaces must be protected from as many environmental and aesthetic damages as possible, including abrasive acid rain, dust particles or scratches during shipment or storage. Nowadays, there are readily available anti-corrosion coatings in the market: 1- Oily or greasy materials that offer good rust resistance, but no chemical/scratch resistance and they are hard to remove. 2- Easily removable, film forming coatings, which provide scratch resistance with no chemical and corrosion protection. Moreover, removal of these coatings using solvent or caustic solution is environmentally unsafe. This paper outlines the development of a unique water borne coating that gives good corrosion resistance to bare or painted metal surfaces. It is also easily peelable when no longer desired. Additionally, it can be formulated into low VOC (<50 g/l) systems. Combination of all these properties in one product helps to reduce processing and re-work costs for Original Equipment Manufacturers.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Nima Hakim-Elahi - Technical Manager
Company/Organization: Lubrizol Advanced Materials

Levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are being driven down across the paint and coatings industry in response to both regulation and customer demand. While the <100g/L VOC level has become well-established in the direct to metal (DTM) segment, new trends at <50g/L with improved performance are emerging. This significantly raises the technical complexity of resin design and requires novel waterborne acrylic polymers to deliver a robust balance of properties. In addition to lower VOCs, there is a market need to deliver improved corrosion resistance at lower (<1.5mil) film thicknesses. Building from an internal DTM design platform, an innovative <50g/L acrylic has been developed to advance corrosion resistance over commercial, higher VOC acrylics. At thin films, the new <50g/L development exhibits corrosion resistance approaching that of solventborne alkyds, bridging one of the major performance gaps between solventborne and waterborne technologies. A full balance of properties including broad spectrum metal adhesion, block resistance, gloss retention, and humidity resistance has also been achieved. A comparative benchmark study of waterborne acrylics and solventborne alkyds is presented along with a review of corrosion protection mechanisms.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Allen Bulick - Technical Manager
Company/Organization: EPS Materials, Inc.

Urethane coating technology has long been utilized across a wide range of market industry platforms for its versatility. The seemingly endless supply of polyol and isocyanate chemistries has allowed formulators the ability to develop coatings whose properties cover a broad scope of unique coating needs. Whether it is chemical resistance, corrosion protection, or UV light stability, conventional urethane technology has always been able to adequately provide a high level of performance. However, as performance parameters shift along with ever-changing VOC limitations, the demands of the urethane must change with it. This presentation discusses silicone polyester polyols and their ability to be formulated into coatings that meet next generation market demands including low VOC, outstanding weathering, low outgassing, higher film build, and achieving high solids with low viscosity.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Christopher Howard
Company/Organization: Evonik Corporation

An isocyanate free polyurethane technology based on the reaction of a polycarbamate with a polyaldehyde to form a crosslinked polyurethane coating under ambient conditions has been developed. In addition to an improved environmental health and safety profile, one major advantage of this technology over traditional two component polyurethane coatings is the ability to decouple pot life from cure speed which can offer the applicator faster return to service, high production throughput and less material waste. An important market segment for this technology is industrial wood coatings. Clear coat formulations for wood coating application have been successfully developed and commercialized. In this paper, the development of both high gloss and semi-gloss pigmented topcoats based on alkyd polycarbamate resins for wood applications will be described. The coatings have been tested with commercial wood coating benchmarks including both conventional and formaldehyde free conversion varnishes and a traditional 2K aliphatic isocyanate polyurethane and the details will be discussed.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Yanxiang Li - Research Scientist
Company/Organization: The Dow Chemical Company

There are many options to choose from when deciding on what floor surface to choose. Polished concrete has become one of the more popular and faster growing floor surfaces because of the decorative and natural appeal it can give to a floor. While polished concrete has the appearance of durability with minimal maintenance, due to its very porous and reactive nature it must be protected and maintained properly to prolong the desired appearance of the floor surface. The presentation that will be given will go into best practices for protection and maintenance of polished concrete surfaces.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Jamey Gaston - Global Applications and Technical Service Lead, Specialty Coatings and Ingredients
Company/Organization: OMNOVA Solutions

Wax additives are used as surface modifiers in coating formulations and printing inks to provide antiblocking, slip, matting, hydrophobicity, burnish and abrasion resistance. Besides the chemical nature of the waxes, the particle size – distribution, concentration, substrate, form of delivery and curing conditions are all equally important to consider for achieving the desired surface properties. The presentation provides basic guidelines for selecting a wax when trying to achieve the desired results based on the above factors. Areas of focus include waxes for UV systems, matting with good clarity and Anti-graffiti.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Ms. Kajal Parekh - Lab Manager of the Coatings Application Group
Company/Organization: Munzing

Recent advancements have led to development of a new WB epoxy system for metal and concrete protection that can be formulated at less than 50g/liter VOC. Formulation work will show how to optimize coatings stability, pot life, and surface quality in this high performance WB epoxy system. The performance of this new system will be evaluated in a high gloss DTM (direct to metal) coating and in a corrosion-resistant primer on metal. Then using this same ultra-low VOC WB epoxy system, the performance of a clear enamel and semi-gloss coatings on concrete will be summarized in this presentation.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Matthew Sumpter - Coatings Chemist
Company/Organization: Hexion, Inc.

Many different UV curable formulations and curing techniques are utilized to achieve a wide range of materials and applications. A ubiquitous challenge in these formulations is the necessity to overcome oxygen inhibition and achieve complete curing as efficiently as possible. Different chemical compositions, monomer and oligomer functionality, photoinitiator packages and irradiation sources are utilized to meet both application and curing requirements and to overcome oxygen inhibition. Recently, the advent of UV-LED lights has enabled less expensive lights with increased operating lifetimes and improved energy efficiency. The narrow wavelength emission spectrum of UV-LED lights strongly affects both curing rates and oxygen inhibition. Here, we discuss a range of different UV-LED curable protective coatings for a wide range of substrates including concrete, wood, metal and plastic. The coatings are designed to overcome oxygen inhibition and can thus be field applied for exterior applications and cured using low power UV-LED lights. The coatings exhibit extremely good hardness and durability, are chemically resistant to salt water, acids, bases, solvents, alcohols, etc.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Neil Cramer - Co-Founder and President
Company/Organization: Colorado Photopolymer Solutions

This paper is a follow up of work presented at the 2015 Western Coatings Symposium. New work has been done to further explore the performance attributes of highly fibrillated HDPE fibers in coatings. Experiments on the ability of these fibers to suspend particulates in coatings, solids both higher density than the binder and less dense than the binder for shelf stability will be presented. New work on how fibers improve impact resistance and freeze thaw performance will be reviewed. Also, work on the rheological behavior imparted by fibers in both water based and solvent based coatings will be shared including results in deeply tinted systems where fibers are seen to preserve viscosity on tinting in a profound way. Work on the ability of fibers to improve binder coalescence in emulsion paints will be presented, and a possible mechanism for this performance will be discussed.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Hyde - Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Company/Organization: Minifibers, Inc.

For decades CSR (Core Shell Rubber) particles have been used to improve the matrix of thermoplastic materials. The technology that allows a perfect dispersion of these CSR particles in thermoset resins has allowed the use of these CSR’s in epoxy coatings applications. The addition of the CSR’s into coatings formulations shows a marked improvement in direct and reverse impact resistance and improvement in corrosion and salt spray resistance. This investigation will demonstrate the use of the CSR technology specifically in chemical resistant coatings. The data will show the ability to control varying P to B ratios and filler loads while maintaining the overall performance of the system through the manipulation of the CSR’s. The data will demonstrate the ability to reduce overall costs while maintaining or improving overall mechanical performance.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Frank Muchna - Marketing Manager
Company/Organization: Kaneka North America

“Paint and ink formulators face significant challenges in producing high performance coatings in water. Dispersing pigments in water is more challenging than solvent based systems as there is greater potential for self-assembly of the dispersant in the aqueous medium, which makes adsorption and
wetting of the pigment surfaces difficult. In this presentation we will introduce our latest developments in water-borne dispersants. At Lubrizol we have optimised their performance through the control of polymer architecture, molecular weight
and nature of our anchor groups. We have developed novel dispersants that are excellent at both wetting pigment surfaces and producing stable colorants for inks and paints. Our relentless development of new anchor group technology has enabled us to disperse a range of pigments including challenging organics, inorganics and high performance carbon blacks. Despite their water solubility, we
have been able to develop Hyperdispersants with reduced impact on water or corrosion resistance.”

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Jonathan Bird - Regional Technical Marketing Manager for Coatings Additives
Company/Organization: Lubrizol Advanced Materials

Water borne coatings continue to gain in popularity in the American market. As end-users look to continually improve performance levels, yet meet volatile organic compound emission regulation, aqueous coatings have grown to dominate the decorative market. Within the industrial coating sector, water borne coating alternatives have also gained acceptance, although market penetration varies considerably depending upon the specific market segment. A novel water borne acrylic resin is introduced to meet the needs of the direct-to-metal market application. Coatings based on this new resin provide excellent corrosion resistance and adhesion, good hardness and high gloss while minimizing the coalescent solvent in the formulation to achieve low VOCs.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Charles Kimbler - Global Technical Service & Development Manager
Company/Organization: Michelman

In the pursuit to develop aerospace coatings that would allow ‘rapid return to service’ of military aircraft the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has funded multiple projects over the years to realize a ‘Dry to Fly Concept’. In the pursuit of this technology testing and UV coatings were identified that had the potential to meet the specific MIL SPEC performance technology. Unfortunately; funding was terminated for the project and only a small number of field trials were realized. In late 2015 the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) let a contract for the development of Engineered Surfaces, Materials and Coatings (ESMC) for the development of aerospace coatings that would allow reduction in drag for transport aircraft. The driving force for the development of this technology was the USAF annual spend of $8B+ for legacy transport aircraft. Even small reductions in percent drag would result in fuel cost savings and reduction in greenhouse gases. Development in the use of microfabrication of ‘riblets’ (shark skin Coatings) for use in these drag reduction coatings centered around the development of UV cure coatings that could be manufactured and cured in situ. These UV coatings had their roots in aliphatic polyurethane oligomers that were developed originally for automotive forward headlighting. Adjustments were made to use these allophanate based materials to allow their use in a UV cure pigmented system. These adjustments required photoinitiator, pigmentation and diluent adjustments to try and meet MIL SPEC performance. Preliminary lab testing of these UV cured ‘shark skin’ coatings have resulted in 6% drag reduction.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Michael J. Dvorchak - Owner
Company/Organization: Dvorchak Enterprises, LLC

Although there are a wide variety of flame retardants available, not all are suited to meet the needs and demands of producing a flame retardant coating. Understanding the chemistry and mechanism of a flame retardant will explain which are best suited for coatings and why others are not. Presented in detail will be halogen and non-halogen flame retardants by the elements they are produced from and the resulting flame retardant mechanism of each.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Glade E. Squires - Sales Manager Flame Retardants
Company/Organization: Omya, Inc.

When selecting a coating additive there are many factors to consider, including: anti-graffiti properties, mar resistance, slip, and reduction in co-efficient of friction. However, in striving to achieve the greatest balance of these factors, consideration of restrictive regulations and public perception of chemical compounds needs to be addressed. Historically, fluoro-based additives have served as the industry standard, but these materials have come under scrutiny more recently. In light of recent restrictions and shifts in perception, a new approach is warranted. Utilizing the advantage of a Siloxane backbone with unique chemio-physical properties and custom tailoring, a novel composition of non-fluoro containing organo-modified silicones has been developed. When evaluating these compounds, absent of environmentally problematic fluoro-alkyl groups, their performance demonstrates strong anti-graffiti properties. A focused discussion will address performance in some standard formulations and industry testing methods.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Brandon Lines - Head Chemist - Toronto Facility - Silicones
Company/Organization: Siltech Corporation

How does the 2016 election results change the regulatory outlook for the next 4 years? What regulatory program will shrink and which ones might grow under the new administration. Did the June 1st deadline for GHS conversion signal the end or is there more coming? Also provided is the logistical outlook for Warehousing, transportation and international commerce.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Randy Griffin - Manger, Distribution Services
Company/Organization: Lintech International, LLC

An increase in market demand for vibrant colors in waterborne automotive and performance coatings to match those of solvent-borne systems has been observed in the recent years. To meet such demands, unique high molecular weight polyurethane dispersants were engineered to provide the ultimate color development with both organic and high-jetness carbon black pigments in waterborne performance coatings. The electron-rich core of these novel dispersants with a variety of functional side chains, engineered to be compatible with a wide range of binder systems has demonstrated a clear advantage in pigment surface wetting when compared to a variety of benchmark dispersants. This unique polymer engineering allows for enhanced adsorption to the sparsely functional, yet electron-rich surface of difficult to disperse organic pigments such as PR 179 (perylene), PB 15:1 (phthalo cyanine blue) and PBk 7 (high jetness carbon black) pigments. The enhanced pigment-dispersant interactions of these dispersants are clearly evident during the early stages of the grinding process, as evidenced by lower pigment particle size, stronger color development and lower viscosity within the first thirty minutes of grinding. An in-depth study on the relations between pigment grind-time, mean particle size, color development / jetness, viscosity and viscosity stability will be discussed, and how the choice of dispersants influences these parameters. Understanding such relations.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Loulou Rozek
Company/Organization: Borchers

Successfully coating a product requires a delicate balance between the formulation of the coating and the process through which it is applied. In fact, the most carefully crafted coating formulation can be rendered totally ineffective by uncontrolled variables in the application process. In this presentation, we examine various coating formulations from a process perspective. Contrasting waterborne, 100% solids and solventborne, varieties, we explore the similarities and differences between spray and roll applications, two of the most common, and how variations in formulation can result in unforeseen consequences that can derail an otherwise sound coating plan. This logically culminates in both a discussion of methods for controlling the variables in modern coating applications.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Michael R. Bonner - Vice President - Engineering & Technology
Company/Organization: Saint Clair Systems

With a drive to lower VOCs, freshly coated exterior architectural paints can exhibit what is commonly known as surfactant leaching, where moisture can cause non-volatile water-soluble components in a paint formulation to leach out, leaving an undesirable residue on the surface of the dried coating. In this study, a design of experiments based on resin composition was performed to improve the surfactant leaching in exterior flat paints. Qualitative testing (i.e., visual observation) of the design does not adequately identify the main and interaction terms that drive surfactant leaching, whereas a newly developed analytical method to quantify the level of surfactant leaching identified several main terms and interactions that significantly impact performance. The design was also analyzed in the context of additional exterior performance attributes, including dirt pick-up resistance, tannin stain blocking, and performance on highly alkaline substrates (efflorescence). Factors driving the surfactant leaching performance were significant in impacting the other exterior performance data. From this design study, an optimized resin composition was developed with a strong balance of exterior performance properties.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Dr. Robert Sandoval - Senior Project Chemist
Company/Organization: Engineered Polymer Solutions

The coating industry continues to develop and respond to market demands for compliant, worker and environmentally friendly coatings with improved performance. Bringing these new products to the market is understood to be a continuous challenge requiring raw material and paint formulation innovations. One such newly developed, paint raw material innovation is that of a “Super Dispersant” designed for non-aqueous coatings formulations in industrial and architectural applications. This innovative new dispersant enables pigment loading at levels of 50% to 60% greater than that of current market standards, while allowing very low formulation viscosity. This recently developed dispersant was designed for use with inorganic pigments and fillers, such as titanium dioxide or calcium carbonate. As a result of its highly efficient nature, formulators are able to develop new coatings with high pigment loading and much lower viscosities.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Morris Bingham - Americas Additives Business Development Manager, Key Account Manager - PC Defoamers
Company/Organization: allnex

Performance trends of high chromatic colorants, especially organic reds have increased over the years along with the popularity of bright outdoor colors. Various red pigments including Red 112, 188, 254, 255, and 272 will be compared via Xenon arc accelerated weathering. These pigments will be dispersed as colorants in commercial exterior bases with different levels of titanium dioxide (ultra-deep base and medium tint base). Pigment dispersions will be compared at weathering intervals of 500, 1000, 1500, and 2000 hours using ASTM G-155 Cycle 3 in a Q-Sun Xe 3HS. Each of these pigments possesses a firm place in industry because they satisfy different needs which exist in the market. The importance of this comparison is to assist the user in determining the proper red pigment for their specific application. The value of these pigments will also be compared with respect to relative cost and weathering performance. Also, an evaluation of weathering with respect to base dependence revealed interesting results.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Brij Mogal - Managing Director and Vice President – Americas
Company/Organization: Chromaflo Technologies

Coating formulas with high PVC content present formulating and manufacturing difficulties in dispersing the pigment content when free water is limited for use in the formulation. This presentation will show how proper dispersant selection impacts the grind viscosity and rheology, resulting in an improvement in the manufacturing process. An additional benefit is to provide the formulator the potential to reduce the amount of water used in the grind phase, freeing it for use in other areas of the manufacturing process. The study then examines the resulting impact of the dispersant selection on the final coating viscosity and rheological properties.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: John Mangano - Technical Service Specialist
Company/Organization: BASF Corporation

The use of organic based corrosion inhibitors in coatings has grown significantly over the past two decades. As opposed to inorganic corrosion inhibitors, they increase corrosion resistance primarily through improving adhesion and increasing the barrier properties of the film. By lowering the surface tension of the coating, organic based inhibitors improves wetting of the substrate which facilitates better adhesion. Through surface tension and contact angle measurements, the ability of several organic corrosion inhibitors to lower the surface tension of the final coating and improve the wettability over several substrates was analyzed. The ability of these organic based inhibitors at improving the barrier properties of coatings were measured by contact angle measurements on cured films. These results were correlated with adhesion measurements and corrosion resistance using salt spray and electrochemical impediment spectroscopy (EIS).

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Anthony Toussaint - Manager of R&D and Technical Services
Company/Organization: ICL Advanced Additives

Zero and 50 g/L Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) water-based architectural coatings exhibit different drying kinetics and film formation properties when compared to typical, higher VOC containing formulations resulting in a faster drying rate. Consequently, it has been observed that the open time or the time during which a painter can rework the paint is significantly reduced which has a negative effect on application properties such as levelling, workability and gloss. Objective measurement of the open time in a paint system is essential to the design, synthesis and evaluation of additives. It is also helpful to find ways to correlate field performance with non-destructive test methods. This paper will present an optical technique to measure the open time and compare it with rheology, microscopy and ASTM methods for evaluation of generic paint formulations. The goal is to utilize the technique in the screening and selection of rheological modifiers to improve final application properties.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Zeena Cherian - Senior Staff Scientist
Company/Organization: Ashland Specialty Ingredients

FP-Pigments is a small, entrepreneurial company focused on opacity. The invention of a TiO2 encapsulated pigment, several years ago, helped many companies to even out the cyclic nature of cost within the TiO2 market. With the TiO2 prices on the upswing, the use of FP-Pigments is even more important to companies. Now, further work by the FP innovation center has produced a protocol which not only maintains opacity but keeps the tint strength, as well. A discussion of the differences between opacity and tint strength, along with explanation of the new formulation technique will be included in this presentation. It will be a good review of the interesting interaction between tint strength and opacity. Is tint strength a better indication of good opacity?

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Beth Howard - North American Technical Manager
Company/Organization: FP-Pigments, Inc

Water resistance is one of most important requirements of protective coatings and waterproofing construction materials. Water repellency, water uptake, and vapor permeability are some common tests of water resistance. Blush or water whitening resistance, another desired attribute of interior and exterior paints, is affected by the distribution of hydrophilic species in the dry film. This presentation highlights a hydrophobic acrylic latex technology, which is achieved by increasing the hydrophobicity of polymer composition and minimizing hydrophilic ingredients in the aqueous phase. This class of emulsion polymers offer outstanding water and alkali resistance as well as water whitening resistance, and can therefore significantly improve barrier properties and exterior durability of waterborne paints and waterproofing products. Due to high contact angles of the resulting polymer films, these hydrophobic polymers are also suitable waterborne binder systems for the preparation of superhydrophobic coatings.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Wenjun Wu - Sr. Principal Scientist
Company/Organization: Arkema Coating Resins

The U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was enacted in 1976 with the intent to provide the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the authority to review and regulate new chemicals and chemicals in commerce. On June 22, 2016, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (LCSA) was signed into law and became effective immediately, thereby reforming the TSCA for the first time in decades. This presentation will assess the major changes and their significance specific to the compliance obligations for the coatings industry and examine the impact of the new stricter criteria as the LCSA implementation proceeds and the challenges presented. Concerns for chemical restrictions and required substitutions, the effect on the supply chain, impediments to technology innovation, and the requirement for development of enhanced chemical hazard and exposure information while minimizing animal testing have driven the need to pioneer solutions for compliance. Areas of procedural insights, enhanced informatics and innovative new predictive chemical property computational technologies will be explored.

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Stacie Abraham - Senior Regulatory Specialist
Company/Organization: UL

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Lichang Zhou
Company/Organization: Solvay

Within the architectural market, consumers expect durability from the paints they apply to residential and commercial interior walls. Architectural wall coatings suffer abuse from abrasion, marring, leaching, fading and commonly, stains. Chief among these challenges is resistance to food stains and other common household materials. Currently, there are many quality paints on the market that offer cleanable surfaces. However, they often require some degree of scrubbing and the use of a cleaner. Even then, there can be some residual stain evidence, particularly for tough stains like coffee and mustard. But what if the coating provided initial resistance to food stains merely requiring removal of the excess stain? In this presentation, we present polymer advances that offer excellent resistance to tough household food stains, even mustard, with minimal cleaning.

Location: Champagne 3/4

Speaker: Nicholas Foley, PhD - Senior Scientist and Technology Manager
Company/Organization: BASF Corporation

FEVE, fluoroethylene vinyl ether resins are a class of fluorinated resins that can be formulated into a variety of coating systems where superior, long- term durability is required. FEVE resins resist degradation by UV light and are used in protective topcoats for exterior applications like window frames and doors, architectural curtain walls and ACM panels, water tanks, bridges, automotive coil, and military aircraft. They are supplied in various forms including solvent, water, and powder. The powder and water-based products exhibit high performance without the high VOC’s typically found in higher performance coatings. This paper will discuss results of performance and weathering testing of an FEVE based powder coating as well as both 1K and 2K water-based FEVE coatings.

Location: Champagne 1

Speaker: Kristen Blankenship - Business Development Manager- LUMIFLON® FEVE Resins
Company/Organization: AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc.

Hydrophobic Ethoxylated URethane (HEUR) thickeners are well known for their ability to impart a superior application feel to architectural coatings with excellent leveling, film build and spatter resistance. This property is often considered contradictory to high sag resistance and anti-settling properties. The new chemistry discussed has a strong shear thinning rheology profile that builds rheology at shear rates well below those measured by a Brookfield Viscometer and additionally contributes to a higher G’ or storage modulus. Through impacting only the low shear viscosity, this HEUR can ensure good in-can appearance and tool load, avoid sedimentation and syneresis and improve application properties such as brushability. Additionally the chemistry has a strong shear thinning behavior allowing great sprayablility and minimal impact on flow and leveling especially compared to competitive chemistries like HEC and ASE. Super low shear rheology measurements and oscillatory rheology methods for determining the visco-elasticstic behavior will be used to quantify the application changes observed in formulated paint examples.

Location: Champagne 2

Speaker: Alexandra Foguth - Lab Manager, Technical Service Engineer
Company/Organization: Coatex Inc.

“Ultra-high molecular weight silicone dispersions can be used alone or with wax emulsions at very low addition levels to customize slip, improve scratch and abrasion resistance, with no impact on current mechanical properties. These low cost-in-use advanced silicone dispersions are easily incorporated and compatible with multiple formulations. It is suitable for use in, amongst others, industrial and architectural waterborne wood coatings, inks and overprint varnishes. Engineered to be used alone or with wax emulsions to instill high-performance advantages that can be seen and felt.

Ultimately, this technology gives you the advantage of formulating a host of waterborne wood coatings, which can significantly differentiate your products in the marketplace with a wide range of desirable benefits, including but not limited to:

• Customizable slip
• Improved scratch and abrasion resistance
• Improved sandability
• Enhanced anti-blocking
• Good hand feel
• Good recoatability
“

Location: Versailles 1/2

Speaker: Tim Roggow - Technical Service
Company/Organization: Dow Corning Corporation

As compared to other surfactant chemistries, fluorosurfactants generally demonstrate superior surface tension and improved performance in diverse water- and solvent-based paints, coatings and specialty industrial coatings. Standard linear long chain (C8) fluorosurfactants have been removed from the market due to toxicity/bioaccumulation issues. Shorter linear (C6 and lower) flurosurfactants have been introduced and struggle to maintain a balance between performance and toxicity/bioaccumulation. By employing a unique molecular design, a branched structure with ultrashort fluorinated alkyl groups affords surfactants with the highest levels of performance and, at the same time, nontoxic, non-bioaccumulative and environmentally friendly properties. The latest data employing branched chain fluorosurfactants in wood coatings will be presented.

Location: Versailles 3/4

Speaker: Gregory L. McCraw, Ph.D - Sales Specialist in the Functional Technologies
Company/Organization: EMD Performance Materials