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Forum tookplace inAugust 11andhadasubstantial turnout.Held
atLocandHotel, inNovoHamburgo,RioGrandedoSul, the forum
had a total of 120 registered attendees representing the regional
market and covered a variety of themes, including technical and
management-related issues,while introducingthe industry’s latest
newstoprofessionalsoftheregion.
At theopeningplenarysession, FabricianoPinheiro, technical di-
rectorat Intertox,presented the lecture“Scope, Legislationand
ImpactofGHS,MSDSandLabelingRequirements”,emphasizing
thescopeoftheUN’s(UnitedNations)GloballyHarmonizedSys-
temofClassificationandLabelingofChemicals(GHS).
Theplenarysessionwasfollowedbythelecture“Solutionsforthe
ArchitecturalCoatingsMarketStressingSilicone-BasedProducts”,
deliveredbyRicardoMatos,technicalcoordinatoratBrenntag,and
ÉvertonMarion,ofDowCorning.
“NewRedBayferroxPigments: TheMost Saturated IronOxide
RedsEverProduced”wasthethemeforthe lecturepresentedby
DenilsonMarquesof Lanxess’ Product&BusinessDevelopment
groupforLatinAmerica.
ThencameIntertank’sengineerHenriGonçalvezwiththepresen-
tation“WhyuseStainlessSteel Containers?”Lackof knowledge
ofthe legislationand itsconsequences,aswellasshortsight-
edness concerning thedangersof improperlyusingplastic
packagingmaterialstotransportandstorehazardous liquid
chemicals, inhibits theuseof safeandcorrectsolutions, ac-
cordingtoGonçalves.
Stillinthemorningperiod,thelecture“AlkydResin,Polyester
Resinand IsocyanatePrepolymerSolutionsfortheCoatings
Industry”was presented by Glicexter account manager
Emerson Teixeirade Freitas andCoimmarketingmanager
GabrielaNobre,whodemonstratehowadaptingtocustomer
requirementispartofeverycompany’smissioninanincreas-
inglycompetitiveworld.
Ana PaulaAlonsoCardoso, assistant technician for paints
andcoatingsatCovestro, gave the lecture“Polyurethanes
andPolyaspartics: Efficiency andAdvantages of Low-VOC
Systems”. How about offering a coating product to the
marketthatdoesn’tcontaminatetheenvironmentwithodor
duringapplication?Andhowabout launchinganew lineof
high-performance,1or2-componentwater-basedmaterials?
Orevenahigh-solidssystem thatwill drywithin less than2
hours?Thenewenvironmentallyfriendlytechnologiesfrom
