World of Polyurea
Elizabeth Norderup Michelson has been awarded the Norwegian 1 million NOK (EUR 125 000) businesswoman of the year prize for the foundation and growth of her company Elmico. Seven women, from six nominated companies, took advantage of the 2010 Women's Day and battled through the final. It was Elisabeth Norderup Michelson who eventually received the award for Elmico, her Norwegian...
Graco have been working incessantly for the past 6 months preparing a new website for Graco Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Asia Pacific regions.www.graco.comGraco is now presented in up to 36 languages including East European, North African, as well as South East Asian languages and will recognize the visitor's url address to redirect them automatically to their country of origin and...
Construction is underway on the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway project. The entire 820-mile (1 320 km) length of the railway platform will be coated with polyurea. It is estimated that 20 000 tons of polyurea will be applied to the platform throughout the duration of the project, making the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway currently one of the world's largest polyurea...
A new, inter-regional network of nano-expertise is to be created on the initiative of PANADUR GmbH (Halberstadt, Sachsen-Anhalt), a company that has developed a particularly economical and environmentally friendly nano-coating technology based on specific polymers. An Innovation Forum on the subject, supported by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, took place on 24th-25th February...
In the Netherlands new regulations for noise reduction in town centers have instigated new measures to reduce noise levels during business deliveries. BASF Polyurethane's experts have developed an excellent solution - the "loading surface whisperer" made of Polyurea.The "loading surface whisperer" is simply a coat of Elastocoat® C laid onto a loading platform's noisy,...
A presentation on the Basics of Polyurea was planned for this year's Interlakokraska, which took place from 9th to 12th of March 2010, but due to illness it had to be cancelled. Following an informative discussion with Dr. Natalia Skuratova, project manager of the exhibition, she would be pleased to invite PDA Europe members to present at polyurea 2011. Interlakokraska is the leading event for...
WIWA presented a 2-component polyurea unit at the 3rd PaintExpo held from 13th to 16th of April 2010. The special feature of this equipment is a material fluid heater, capable of quickly heating material to the required processing temperature and keeping the temperature constant during processing. The standard mixing ratio is 1:1 but this can be varied up to 10:1, if required. The unit is...
ZOW - further dates and countries:Organizer: SURVEY Marketing + Consulting GmbH & Co. KGMittelstr. 50, 33602 Bielefeld, GermanyPhone: +49-521-96533-55Fax: +49-521-96533-66e-mail: zow@survey.infowww.zow.infoIstanbul, Turkey - 16th - 19th September 2010Moscow, Russia - 22nd - 26th September 2010Madrid, Spain - 28th - 30th September 2010Verona, Italy - 13th - 16th October 2010PDA Europe Board...
Unfortunately we didn't receive all the information necessary to report on this event, but it seems that the board meeting was very tumultuous.Subject of the discussion was PDA China, founded last year.It appears that this organisation didn't receive official sanction from the Chinese government. Prof. Weibo Huang was told to cease operations and take down the website. The organisers of...
