How Water-Based PVDF Coatings are Changing the Standards for High Performance Coatings

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Description

About This Program

The MasterFormat® High-Performance Coatings category contains many different coatings technologies, but how does an industry member decide what they should choose? The purpose of this event is to provide performance information that will help industry members better decide what coatings technologies would be best for a project to obtain a finish that will perform for the long term.

Session Takeaways

Understand how to evaluate coatings for long term durability and appearance
Obtain information on how coatings behave over time in real world and accelerated weathering
View project case studies completed with water-based Kynar Aquatec® (PVDF) coatings in multiple climates or environments
Learn how to specify and where to obtain water-based, high-performance Kynar Aquatec® coatings

Learning Units

CSI:	1.0 LU*
*May be submitted for domain specific learning units to CDT recertification, and/or general learning units for CCCA, CCS, and CCPR.

Relevant Practices

General Project Delivery
Design/Engineering
Product Selection/Specification
Procurement
Construction Management
Quality Assurance/Quality Control

Contributors

Ron Partridge

Sr. Account Manager in the Technical Polymers Business Unit
Arkema
Ron is responsible for the sales of Kynar® PVDF polymer into the NA coatings market. He has over 30 years’ experience in the polymer industry in sales, business development, technical service and R&D. He has worked for Arkema for the last seventeen years. He received his BS degree in Chemistry and Materials Science from The State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1984.
Erin Neff

Director of Marketing & Business Development
APV Engineered Coatings
Erin is responsible for generating new business accounts and managing key product development projects in strategic markets including flexible films and textiles, architecture and building products. She also oversees external communications, public relations, advertising, as well as website and digital marketing efforts. She has been with the company since 2008.
Erin has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Marketing Management from the University of Akron. She is a NACE-Certified Coating Inspector and is certified in sales and negotiations in professional selling via Sandler Training.