• Launch of Ciba® XYMARA™ METASHEEN® "11 Series"
• Launch of Ciba® IRGAZIN® DPP Cosmoray™ Orange
• Review of Eurocoat 2007
• Brochure: Ciba® XYMARA™METASHEEN® 11 series
• Come to Lyon for EUROCOAT 2008
• Preview of Eurocoat 2009 and Coating East 2009 - De luxe coatings

By Ania Dardas, with additional material by Alison Metzger

In its fourth edition on November 6–8 in Genoa, Italy, Eurocoat will be bringing together everyone on the international scene who has anything to do with color in the coatings industry. Whether your interest is scientific, technical, commercial, marketing or cultural, you will find an exhibitor, a presentation or an expert to answer your needs. Eurocoat is known as the Number 1 coatings show for southern Europe and north Africa, but its doors are also open to visitors who come from as far afield as China, Malaysia, India and Iran.

You will be able to meet more than 370 specialists in raw materials, colorimetry, measurement and control, laboratory production, automated packaging, surface treatment and environmental equipment. And they will be able to show you the latest innovations in raw materials, products, services, equipment and facilities.

For those with special interests, Eurocoat’s congress has a fascinating program with a broad range of subjects. President of Eurocoat 2007 Olga Bottaro outlines: “We’ll look at the latest in nanotechnologies and at what paint can expect from there, with German, Italian, Japanese and Polish specialists. We will also consider the importance of painting facades in major European cities, which represents an enormous market. With the support of UNIEP, we will organize “EuroPaintingSkills”, the International Applicators’ Championships. And as for the marketing function of color, a working session bringing together international specialists will be held under the responsibility of Colore & Hobby.” In effect, something for every interest. And don’t forget Euroclips, the platform that offers insight into the latest coating novelties all through the day, every day.

Ciba will also be at Eurocoat, at stand no. E29, presenting the benefits we offer in “Innovation from Concept to Object”. Amongst our host of novelties, special highlights will be Ciba® XYMARA™ stylings designed to add sparkle, shimmer and shading to wood; Ciba® UNISPERSE® Ultra pigments, developed to meet requirements for today’s architectural coatings; Ciba® EFKA® high-performance dispersants for organic and inorganic pigments; a progressive additive technology for waterborne coatings; deep chrome color effects in the Ciba® METASHEEN® range of vacuum-metalized pigments; and the first of a new generation of high-performance Ciba® IRGAZIN® diketo-pyrrolo-pyrrole (DPP) pigments that extend the attainable color space. Naturally, our web-based tools and services at XYMARA.com, will also be demonstrated!

Taking place every three years, Eurocoat has more than 7000 visitors, a very high proportion of whom are decision-makers for their particular business. It is an excellent opportunity for networking to find that particular person or business to fulfil a very specific need. Happy hunting!

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