Eight exhibition halls offered trade visitors to the paint and coatings world all global industry trends and innovations on the topics of coatings, printing inks, laboratory, production, testing or measuring technology, adhesives or construction chemical materials. The focus was on sustainability, nanotechnology or green coatings - formulators, process engineers, quality managers and buyers found all the innovations of the entire coatings market here. Just in time for the start of the European Coatings Show Conference, a nationwide warning strike in public transport brought public life to a standstill on Monday. Nevertheless, 730 participants came to take part in the top-class program of the two-day European Coatings Show Conference. It started already on March 27 and created a lot of space for knowledge transfer for developers and engineers in 143 lectures. Top speakers from over 40 countries offered interesting insights into a wide range of topics. Wijnand Bruinsma, Akzo Nobel, kicked things off with his keynote address on "The role of paints and coatings in a sustainable future." The highlight of the conference was the presentation of the coveted European Coatings Show Award. This year, Dr. Hong Xu and her co-authors Joseph Mauck (Cardolite USA) and James Zhao (Cardolite China) received the prestigious award for their paper "Pursue greener - novel sustainable CNSL-based diluent designed for high-performance low-VOC protective coatings."
On the pulse of time
In 160 product presentations spread over three forums, exhibitors imparted know-how on the use of their raw materials and the use of laboratory, production, testing and measuring technology. The lecture stages in Halls 3, 3A and 5 were the place to go for numerous trade visitors, who were able to find out quickly and compactly about the latest developments.
The Startup Area in Hall 2 enabled startups and young companies from Germany and abroad to introduce themselves to the trade public at the European Coatings Show and present their product innovations. For the first time, the startup presentations were moderated by Christoph Rommel from BayStartUP.
The next European Coatings Show Conference will take place on March 24 and 25, 2025.