withenvironmental regulations. Anyonewhowants to survive in themarketplacewill
have toobserveandenforceproperstandards forpigmentproduction.Andonly those
having the technology, knowledge and scale required to copewith the costs of new
regulationswillsurvive,”saysMinériosOuroBanco’ssalesdirectorJoséCarlosBartholi.
13thPaint&PinturaForum -AGreatTurnoutOnceAgain
The city of Fortaleza, Ceará, has hosted thePaint &Pintura Forum for the third time,
providingagainverysuccessful,high-end lectures fora largenumberofattendees rep-
resenting the region’spaintandcoatings industry.
The13thPaint&PinturaCoatingsTechnologyandManagementForumfortheNortheast
Region,whichtookplaceonMarch12and13atBlueTreeHotel,Fortaleza,Ceará,brought
onceagaintotheregionaspecialprogramoftechnical lecturesonmanagement-related
themes and trends in the industry,witha total of 196 registeredattendeesduring the
two-dayevent.
One piece of news was the presence of Maria Cristina Kobal Campos de Carvalho,
presidentofRadTechSouthAmerica,whoactedasmediatorattheendofeach lecture,
coordinating thequestionsaskedbyattendees.
LectureDayOne
Dayonebeganwith theplenary sessionentitled“BrazilianPaintMarket: AnOverview
of2013andProspectsfor2020 intheNortheast,”conductedbyFranciscoRacz,an inde-
pendentconsultantoncoatingsand relatedbusinessareas,especially inLatinAmerica.
Hewas followedbyCabotwith the lecture“TheFutureWeWant”, deliveredbyCarlos
Barbeiro, regionalHealth, SafetyandEnvironmentmanager.
Andalongcame Intertankwith the lecture“StainlessSteel IBCs–Safety,Economyand
Regulations,”providedbychemical engineerPauloCaetano.
Thecoffeebreakwasfollowedbyapresentationfrom Iguatuonthetheme“AlkydRes-
ins–PropertiesandUse,”providedby lecturerAlexAreas, technical andsalessupport
coordinatorat Iguatu.
In theafternoon,Coatexgavea lectureentitled“Rheotech–PerformanceAssessment
ofHASEThickeners–Rheotechx800Line,”byNeideJiuliani,developmentandapplica-
tionmanager forLatinAmerica.
LonzaBrazil alsopresenteda lectureat the forum.On the theme“LonzaPreservatives
andAdditives–WeWanttoBePartofYourSolution,”the lecturewasdeliveredbyDaniel
Andrade,ofLonzaBrazil’s technical service.
Evonik followedwitha lectureon the theme“Defoamers–Efficiency&Sustainability,”
providedby technical andsales representativeCatarinaGarbim.
Thefirstdaywasclosedbythe lecturefromRadTechSouthAmericaentitled“UV-Curing
Coatings–TrendsandApplications,”whichwasdeliveredbyRobertoCaforio,manager
ofoperationsatRadTechSouthAmerica.
LectureDayTwo
Daytwowaskickedoffbytheplenarysession“Cearáand ItsOpportunities,”conducted
byAiltonRinoGrando,directorofSindquímica-CE.Thereupon,D’Altomarecontributed
