The XXX Fatipec 2010 will take place in the Genoa Congress Centre “Fiera del Mare” from the 9th to the 11th November. The main theme will focus on: “COATINGS THROUGHOUT THE THIRD MILLENNIUM: EVOLUTION, INNOVATION OR REVOLUTION?” FATIPEC 2010 is the most important European Congress for Coatings Scientists and it is among the most important events for the coatings world. The event will take place together with EUROCOAT 2010, the International Exhibition of the coatings industry.
This important event will involve protagonists of Academy, Research and Industry institutions from everywhere in the world. The programme includes the technical and scientific review with the latest news concerning recent trends on emerging technologies, new materials, new investments, new chemical technologies to meet and answer the new performance challenges and to comply with the latest Legislation of the new Millennium.

Among the 89 workers which have been selected by the International Scientific Committee, coming from 19 different countries, 45% from Universities and Research Institutes and 55% from Industry, it is important to underline the research made by the Lechler S.p.A R&D Laboratories in cooperation with the Ca’ Foscari University Sciences for Environment Department and the Interuniversity National Consortium Chemical for the Environment (INCA). The work completed deals with the idea, synthesis and development, characterisation and use of the new co-solvents with high efficiency and low impact on the environment for water based painting with high performance. A particular reference is made to the International patent taken out by Lechler S.p.A and Interuniversity National Consortium “Chemical for the Environment (INCA)*.

* Water Based Coating Compositions Containing Dialkyl Carbonates Having Ether Functions as Coalescent Agents and Use Thereof PCT/IB2008/003409 - IPN # WO 2009/147469 A1. Lechler S.p.A, INCA. Pietro Tundo, Livio Riva, Raffaele Mangano.

The research activities were conceived during the VI Programme for Research promoted by the European Union inside the Solvsafe Integrated Project( 2005-2009 ).
The Solvsafe project, which is conceived on the basis of the macro objectives defined by the OECD Committee for the Environment and Sustainable Development, is an European platform for innovation with the creation of new scientific ideas to improve the Environment and the industrial process in five different fields, among which is included paints and coatings.
The main objectives of the Solvsafe project focus on the reduction of the quantity and number of dangerous solvents used in the industrial processes, the reduction of the VOC emissions in the, the reduction of CO2 emissions, the utilisation of renewable and eco-friendly materials.

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