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Applicator Spray Course

30 January - 2 February 2012, BASF Polyurethanes UK Limited, England

This course identifies the many elements involved in the successful set up and operation of polyurea spray equipment. It also gives attendees an in-depth analysis of commercially available equipment designs and necessary hardware components.

Register now!

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Webinar: Introduction to Polyurea: 29th February 2 PM CET.

Presented to you by Polyurea Development Association Europe and UTECH

Contents of the webinar

The webinar will be jointly held by MarcBroekaert (Huntsman),Stephan Rindfleisch (Graco) and Werner Bertleff (BASF), experts in the field, who will introduce to the technology and address;the following aspects: raw materials, formulated systems, spray equipment,surface pretreatment and application areas; demonstrated by case studies. The webinar; will also comprise a Q&A section where; participants can directly put their questions.

Who should attend:

 

	Applicators, contractors and formulators dealing with surface treatment, waterproofing and anti-corrosion coating
	Architects in search of new design options
	Civil engineers dealing with new construction or maintenance of buildings, service and traffic areas, sewage lines
	Designers dealing with theme parks, landscaping or decorative design
	Chemists, engineers and technicians who want to get insight in a fascinating new technology widely applicable in numerous areas

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PDA Europe to hold key polyurea session at UTECH

Polyurea Development Association Europe will be holding a half-day session at the conference to update delegates on the latest developments in this fast-growing business. Speakers from Huntsman, Sika Deutschland, Bayer MaterialScience, Albemarle Corporation, Panadur, BASF and Nitroil Polyurea make up this must-attend session.

You will have the chance to meet and discuss your future raw material requirements, update your technical understanding, and network with your colleagues in the polyureas business. UTECH Europe 2012 will see the polyurethanes world all in one place. PDA will also be there, so come and meet us to discuss any issues you are facing in developing your business

PDA conference session, running 10:00-13:00 on Thursday 19 April and will allow you to hear about the latest business possibilities and technical advances.

The session includes the following topics and talks:

• How can PDA Europe help to make your polyurea business more successful
• Polyurea spray Equipment - prerequisite to make your polyurea job successful
• Waterproofing with polyurea - from consulting to completion
• Colour-stable, fast-setting sprayed polyurea
• New UV/Colour Stable Aliphatic Polyurea Coating Technology
• The ColourForm Processing: A world first to realise high gloss and scratch resistant surfaces with aliphatic polyurea
• Park deck protected with polyurea
• Polyureas SynSolve: polyurea as functional solution in automotive, aerospace and marine industries

For more information and to book your place, visit: www.utecheurope.eu/conference

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PDA-Europe continues to focus on Polyurea promotion

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Italy - a hotspot for polyurea application

On October 6, 2011 a first polyurea conference took place exclusively dealing with the Italian polyurea market. This conference was jointly organized by Consorzio PROCOAT, Politecnico di Torino sede di Alessandria and PDA Europe and took place in Alessandria. Some 50 participants, mostly applicators joined the meeting and discussed the various aspects of polyurea.  The opening remarks by the Director General of PROCOAT where followed by an overview of PDA Europe, its history, structure and objectives. Then 9 presentations followed mostly provided by PDAE member companies. They span from several contributions dealing with raw materials and ready-to-apply systems all the way to the role of the spray equipment given by equipment manufacturers. The majority of the presentations introduced case studies of polyurea applications from all over Italy. By this it became evident that Italy today is a leading market for polyurea among the European countries. What was most surprising was the wide variety and creativity in polyurea applications shown by means of numerous examples. Beyond the well-known coating of parking areas or workshop floors there were many examples for roof and facade coating. A specific highlight was the use of polyurea to coat wooden roofs of high-class homes in Northern Italy specifically designed by architects. The combination of wooden roof panels with polyurea on top provides excellent energy efficiency and perfect weather resistance in a sometimes rough climate.  The seamless polyurea coat on the roofs guarantees waterproofing at its best. The versatility of polyurea in architectural design was also demonstrated with individually sized and decoratively coated panels attached to the facade of a condominium giving it an elegantly individualized look. The inspiring presentations resulted in animated discussions during the late lunch with the last participants leaving only in the late afternoon. The organizers were fully satisfied with the resonance of the event and will consider repeating it in 2 or 3 years.   

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Call for papers - PDA Europe to organize polyurea session at UTECH Conference 2012

As at the last UTECH Conference in 2009 PDA Europe will again organise a Polyurea Day at this important international gathering of the polyurethane world.

The polyurea event will take place on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 and comprise up to 8 papers. This will clearly be an outstanding opportunity for PDA members to present the polyurea technology as well as themselves to a broad public. The contributions should cover 20 min presentation time incl. discussion. Please submit your proposal (title, authors, and abstract (Word document, ca. 10 lines) by August 1st latest.

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Polyurea Status Report now available in English

PDA Europe now issued the English edition of the status report jointly worked out with Deutsche Bauchemie e.V. (German Association of Construction Chemicals Manufacturers).

This status report for the first time is highlighting the present situation of polyurea use in the European construction industry on 27 pages. The report provides information about the history of polyurea as well as definitions and differentiations from the related polyurethane technology. The most comprehensive part of the report deals with the many application areas of polyurea. Though in some areas polyurea use is more widespread outside Europe especially in the US and increasingly in Asia there are many examples in Europe as well. The emerging character of this technology leads to the fact that in some cases the report rather shows the future potential than noteworthy actual use. This is partly due to the dense European regulatory systems where the young technology normally is not expressly incorporated. However, along with information about relevant German and European regulations given the report comes to the conclusion that polyurea as a liquid plastic material like other established liquid systems is definitely covered by most of the European performance-oriented regulations. Various chapters of the report deal with manufacturing, formulation and especially important with processing of polyurea systems. The raw materials are discussed under aspects of human safety and environmental behaviour. Last but not least references are made to safe transportation, recycling and disposal.

To order, please download, fill in and fax back this form. A minimum order of 5 copies apply [8 EUR per copy].

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Innovation Forum focussing on polyurea held February 24-25, 2010 sponsored by German Ministry of Science and Education

On February 24-25 PDA Europe member company Panadur GmbH hosted the "Innovationsforum Funktionale Oberflächen" in Halberstadt/Germany. The 2-days event was sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Science and Education and gathered around 90 participants attending the presentations and the small exhibition. Opening speeches of representatives from the Federal Ministry, the State Ministry of Saxony-Anhalt and the Region were followed by technical presentations highlighting the polyurea technology generally, their many application areas and specifically the combination with nanoparticles, machinery and equipment needed and methods for characterization of the final material. PDA Europe member companies present also introduced the association and invited the participants to join and learn more about polyurea. The attendants mostly represented small and mid-sized companies who by the majority did not yet deal with polyurea.

Accordingly there were lively discussions extending into the concluding dinner banquet and subsequent evening event. The objective of the Innovation Forum series is to give birth to local and regional networks and clusters of excellence. Thus the representative of the Federal Ministry pointed out expressly the intention to foster platform technologies hitherto insufficiently known to a broad public. Documentation of the papers and follow up activities are planned.

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