The Paint Research Association annual conference will be focusing on Sustainability: Challenges & future opportunities for the coatings industry.
The conference, on 10th September 2019 at the PRA headquarters in Melton Mowbray, will take up topics including:
Architectural life cycle analysis (LCA)
Micro-plastics
Reach
CE Marks – Is it coming to paints?
Sustainable manufacturing
Confirmed speakers so far include:
PRA
Royal Society of Chemistry
Nexant
Chemours
Regent Paints Inc.
Last year’s conference attracted 80 attendees, including Lake Chemicals, SOCOTEC, Honeywell, Andura, Dyson, Imerys, Talga, Sherwin Williams, Venator, Delonghi Group, KAO Chemicals, PPG, Fujifilm, Fujichem Sonneborn, Croda Europe, Lubrizol, DOW, Tata Steel, FP Pigments Oy, Synthomer, Carlisle Fluid Technologies and others, with representation from Consultants, Technology Managers, Technical Directors, R&D Managers, Product Managers, Senior Scientists, QC Managers, Laboratory Managers, Purchasing Managers, Chief Technology Officers, Chemists and Technologists.