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After diversifying its audience, Cubrecol Americas is consolidated as the event with the greatest projection for the paints, coatings and corrosion control industry in Latin America.
by Vanesa Restrepo
After diversifying its audience, Cubrecol Americas is consolidated as the event with the greatest projection for the paints, coatings and corrosion control industry in Latin America.
by Vanesa Restrepo
Colombia. The eighth version of Cubrecol Américas covered all expectations for both attendees and exhibitors and for two days sharing with specialists in the field of application and finishing of paints and coatings.
The 2011 edition was attended by 150 attendees of the Academic Program, more than 630 visitors, 16 exhibiting companies, 20 speakers.
With a three-hour tour of the plants and laboratories of the Global Paint Company, Pintuco, attendees at Cubrecol Americas 2011 learned about the formulation, manufacturing and quality control processes of coatings manufactured in the municipality of Rionegro, located east of Medellín.
From the hand of Robert Gil, who belongs to the Production area, ten people from different companies in the sector toured the water-based manufacturing plant, became familiar with the mixing and dispersion equipment, the coloring lines and the packaging line that has a weight control system and calculation according to the number of diluted solids.
As an opportunity to grow, learn and improve, the managers of the expert company in the production of chemical inputs and paints, Invesa-Sapolín, saw the technical visits carried out within the framework of Cubrecol Américas 2011.
During the tour of the production plant, José Ignacio Arango, marketing and sales manager of Invesa-Sapolín, said that "thanks to this initiative we have the opportunity to share with other companies close to our sector, to have a continuous improvement that allows us to work with a spirit of cooperation that benefits the development of the industry".
Colombia. With a great attendance, the eighth version of Cubrecol Americas began, which in this edition of 2011 has as its main novelty the inclusion of topics for formulators, applicators, inspectors and auditors.
Julián López, from Andercol, kicked off the Formulation Hall with his conference Nuevos Coalescentes, in which he showed two Case Studies that made reference to green formulations. While in Salón de Aplicación, Juan Manuel Álvarez, from Nace, Colombia, gave the conference Properties of application in the field.