PDA Europe News

2012

Primeaux, new senior moderator for Polyurea.com technical forums - PU Magazine, vol 9, N° 5, October/November 2012

Quint Coating Systems and Graco - New life for old floors - PU Magazine, vol 9, N° 5, October/November 2012

Polyurea - Preserving an icon, SIKA - PU Magazine, vol 9, N° 5, October/November 2012

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2011

Seal Systems Ireland have  received NSAI Irish Agrement Certification  for Elastocoat[R] C 6335 /101 the BASF Polyurethanes polyurea exclusively supplied to the Irish Market  by them

By Ray Brennan, Managing Director SEAL SYSTEMS IRL and PDA Europe Member since 2007

Read the article (PDF) in English here.

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2010

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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2009

European Coatings Journal, October 2009 - Polyurea in Europe

By Marc Broekaert, PDA Europe Past President and Membership Committee Chair

Read the article (PDF) in English here.

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FAPU, July 2009 - Norwegian Style of Catwalk (Elmico) - Read the article (PDF) in English or German.