Index | EPUJ 01 January 2009 | World of Polyurea

World of Polyurea

PDA Europe office move

Due to the move of Kellen Europe (the association management company in charge of the PDA Europe secretariat) the PDA Europe office also moved to its new offices, being fully operational since the first week of January under following address:PDA Europe142 Avenue Jules Bordet, 1140 Brussels, BelgiumTel.: +32 2 761 1611 Fax: +32 2 761 1699 The telephone and fax numbers have already changed...

Corrosion protection that sets standards

The 122-meter-high former Bayer headquarters in Leverkusen is currently being converted into one of the world's largest media facades. (The project has been introduced to the press during a press launch in October, 2008.) From mid-2009 onwards, a colored Bayer Cross up to 40 meters in diameter will be visible day and night, sending messages out about Bayer across the Leverkusen region, some of...

PDA Europe Annual Conference

"Taking Polyurea to the Next Level": Comparing the first conference in Brussels (2007) to the 2nd conference in Vienna (held from November 18 - 20, 2008), this conference slogan is certainly a good fit. Being a bon vivant and a smoker too (and there seems to be a lot in the polyurea industry), you felt like you were in paradise. Excepting minor mishaps resulting from a somewhat...

Miscellaneous

US: PDA’s 10th Annual Conference + Applicator Spray Course DatesPDA is set to commemorate its 10th Anniversary at the 2009 Annual Conference, January 20-23 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. So join PDA in Albuquerque to ‘Get Your Mix on Route 66!'Also the Polyurea Development Association (PDA) will host three Applicator Spray Courses in 2009 at Polyvers Facility in Houston, Texas....

1st Polyurea Information Day for Architects

On November 21, 2008, WET Wassertechnik GmbH held a Polyurea Information Day for architects, project planners und owners in the Congress Center in Villach / Austria. The limited success of Polyurea in Europe as compared to North America and Asia is due at least in part to the numerous regulations and lack of knowledge about this material prevalent in the construction sector. Norbert Hörner...

PANADUR® Intelligent Surface (IS) – From Design to Functionality

Continuation from FAPU EPJ November 20085. ApplicationProcessing of PANADUR® IMC basically takes place in 4 stages (Figure 4).First, the cleaned and pretreated mould surface is coated with a release agent selected in accordance with the processing parameters employed. Selection of the proper release agent is of crucial importance for the IMC process as is the material of which the mould is...

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