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Andina Paint 2006 re-cap: 340 attend 8th annual event.


Andina Paint 2006, the 8th Annual Congress co-sponsored by STAR, the Asociacion de Tecnicos Andinos en Recubrimientos, and the FSCT FSCT Federation of Societies for Coating Technology
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, was held in Caracas, Venezuela on March 19-20. Organized by the Venezuelan and Colombian sections of STAR, 340 industry members representing nine countries attended the two-day event.

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Conducted in Spanish, the Congress featured a one-day seminar, "Trends, Formulation formulation /for·mu·la·tion/ (for?mu-la´shun) the act or product of formulating.

American Law Institute Formulation
, and Technology of Coating Production," with instructors Ruben Garay and Hugo DeNotta of the Argentina Coatings Technical Association, SATER. The second day of the Congress featured 12 individual presentations. The FSCT sponsored the paper "Two-Component Waterborne Epoxy epoxy

Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing
 System: Technology and New Developments," by Marcelo Rufo, Air Products & Chemicals.

Held in conjunction with the Congress, Andina Paint's 8th International Exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress.  for the Andean market and the Caribbean coatings industry featured exhibits from 19 companies. STAR is composed of the coatings technical organizations of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. Based in Bogota, Colombia, the organization supports local and regional meetings throughout the Andean region Andean region may refer to:
  • Andes, mountain chain in South America
  • Andean Region (Venezuela)
.

For more information on STAR and Andina Paint, please contact FSCT.
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