PANEL SESSION:
Regulatory pressures within the coatings industry – problems and solutions - Panel session - Hosted by Oil & Colour Chemists’ Association (OCCA)
Time & Location
Thursday: 12.00 to 13.00, Stage 2
Host/Panellists:
Oil & Colour Chemists’ Association (OCCA)
About this Session
Confirmed panellists/speakers include:
1. Paul Sheppard Regulatory and Compliance Manager, HMG Paints Limited
2. Graham Armstrong Sales and Technology Mentor, Indestructible Paint Limited
3. Con Robert McElroy Senior Lecturer in Green Chemistry, University of Lincoln
Regulatory pressures within the coatings industry – problems and solutions (OCCA)
Paul Sheppard will open the presentation by listing the various regulatory pressures and coatings industry specific chemicals that are affected. Con McElroy will follow this by discussing safer and greener alternatives to restricted dipolar aprotic solvents used during the process for recycling Lithium-Ion batteries. Graham Armstrong will finish the session by discussing Chrome free alternatives to the REACH Authorised substance Chromium Trioxide traditionally used in inorganic coatings for corrosion protection of compressor blades in aeroengine and industrial gas turbines.