Attendee Registration
The American Coatings Show is the leading North American coatings industry event, setting trends for future developments in the industry. Attending the show facilitates immediate business opportunities, access to a complete portfolio of high-grade competitive products, and myriad networking and connection opportunities.
NON-EXHIBITORS: If you are not a registered exhibitor and wish to attend the 2024 American Coatings Show, please register via the link below.
Show Highlights
Interactive Online Floor Plan
The American Coatings Show will feature a user-friendly interactive floor plan that may be used to search for specific companies, products, etc., and find booth locations on the show floor.
Product Presentations
Be the first to learn about new innovations in the coatings industry during live, on-stage Product Presentations.
Industry Buyers Lounge
The Industry Buyers Lounge provides a designated area for show participants to set up important meetings.
American Coatings Show Daily
The trade show and conference newspaper, published all three days of the show, features daily highlights, interviews with industry experts, exhibitor booth locations, and more.
Online Career Center
The American Coatings Show offers attendees and exhibitors an opportunity to connect through the online ACS Career Center, where professionals may search for available positions and companies may contact eligible applicants.
American Coatings Conference
The American Coatings Conference, which is held concurrently with the exposition, will provide an in-depth comprehensive overview of advancements in coatings formulations, as well as key technological developments. Speak directly to top decision-makers in international coatings development or present your own expertise.
Fun Run
Join an enthusiastic group of runners and walkers who will gather at sunrise to jump start their day, network, and participate in this fundraising effort. Proceeds from the Fun Run are used to fund student participation in the AC Conference.
Powder CoatingsPavilion
The ACS 2024 will once again feature a Powder Coatings Pavilion.
PRODUCT PRESENTATIONS
One of the main attractions at the ACS is the Product Presentation stage. Show attendees have the advantage of being the first to learn about new innovations in the coatings industry by attending the live Product Presentations that take place each day of the event. Click on the day below to see the full lineup.
April 30, 2024
9:20 am – 4:55 pm
May 1, 2024
9:20 am – 4:55 pm
May 2, 2024
9:20 am – 11:35 am
April 30, 2024 — Tuesday Schedule
No. | Company | Day | Time | Topic | Presenter |
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1 | Aether Industries | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 9:20 - 9:35 am | Aether Industries, LTD & Converge CO2-Based Polyols | Ron Valente |
2 | Dura Chemicals | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 9:40 - 9:55 am | Novel Acrylic/Cationic Latex that blocks the most difficult stains. | Palak Choudhary |
3 | DOW | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 10:00 - 10:15 am | OPTI-MATT™ 2300C: New Self-Matting 100% Acrylic Binder for Improving Low Sheen Durability | Yujie Lu |
4 | Univar Solutions | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 10:20 - 10:35 am | Underwater Epoxy-Curative System | Bobby Picker, Ralph Barthel |
5 | Arkema | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 10:40 - 10:55 am | Flagship Coating Solutions to Advance Sustainability | Helene Pernot |
6 | BASF Corporation | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 11:00 - 11:15 am | BASF Pluriol® Polyethylene Glycol Offerings | Matthew Lyon |
7 | Clariant | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 11:20 - 11:35 am | PTFE-free and sustainable solutions for coatings and inks | Tobias Niederleitner |
8 | BYK USA | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 11:40 - 11:55 am | Forever solutions: Additives for high-performance PFAS-free coatings | Mary Kate Nolan, Mahshid Niknahad |
9 | SYENSQO | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 12:00 - 12:15 pm | RHODOLINE™ HBR : Specialty Additive for Early “hot” Block Resistance in Water-based Coatings | Linda Adamson |
10 | IMCD US | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 12:20 - 12:35 pm | IMCD Sustainable Solutions | Kate Fix |
11 | Evonik | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 12:40 - 12.55 pm | TEGO® Foamex 16 – Our Latest Partially Renewable Siloxane Based Defoamer | Meixi Chen |
12 | Penn Color | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 1:00 - 1:15 pm | Astrad™ , a new portfolio of water-based, solvent-based and UV dispersions, for architectural, automotive and industrial coatings | Phil Adams |
13 | Nouryon | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 1:20 - 1:35 pm | Discover the Unparalleled Durability and Performance of Thioplast® Polysulfides in Coating Application | Wolfgang Abele |
14 | Arkema | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 1:40 - 1:55 pm | Enhancing Your Building’s Sustainability Profile with Long Life Coatings | Anna Sanchez-Fischer |
15 | Lubrizol | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 2:00 - 2:15 pm | Solsperse™ W210 & W150 - 100% Active Dispersants for Waterborne Coatings (W210 & W150) | Matt Dunn |
16 | Lubrizol | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 2:20 - 2:35 pm | Solsperse™ 29000 – 100% Active Dispersant for General Industrial Coatings | Kent Maghacut |
17 | DOW | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 2:40 - 2:55 pm | AVANSE™ 360: New Binder for Exterior Architectural Wood Coatings | Ashley Gong |
18 | Evonik | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 3:00 - 3:15 pm | VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates for Sustainable Coatings & Polymers | Michael E. Webb |
19 | Univar Solutions | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 3:20 - 3:35 pm | Good, Better, Best Direct to Metal Coatings for Cold Rolled Steel | Ralph Barthel |
20 | Hexion | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 3:40 - 3:55 pm | VeoVa™ vinyl ester based intumescent paints: Enhancing performance and properties | Eduardo Santana |
21 | Covia | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 4:00 - 4:15 pm | Ultrawhite Fillers for More Sustainable Cool Coating Applications | Scott Van Remortel |
22 | W.R. Grace | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 4:20 - 4:35 pm | Novel Matting Agents for Radiation Curable Coatings | Ziniu Yu |
23 | ystral gmbh maschinenbau + processtechnik | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 4:40 - 4:55 pm | Time, energy and raw material savings by more effective dispersion technology | Hans-Joachim Jacob |
May 1, 2024 — Wednesday Schedule
No. | Company | Day | Time | Topic | Presenter |
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24 | Micro Powders | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 9:20 - 9:35 am | Replacing PTFE with Composite Additive Powders | Rich Czarnecki |
25 | United Soybean Board | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 9:40 - 9:55 am | U.S. Soy: The Sustainable Solution for Coatings | Lee Walko |
26 | Sasol Chemicals | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 10:00 - 10:15 am | Elevate the performance of your emulsion polymers with NOVELUTION surfactants | Jeanine Snyder |
27 | Evonik | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 10:20 - 10:35 am | Ancamine 2880: New Fast Cure, High UV Resistance and EHS Friendly Epoxy Curing Agent | Sadananda Das |
28 | DOW | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 10:40 - 10:55 am | RHOPLEX™ RN-128: New All Acrylic Biobased Polymer that Delivers Value and Performance | Paul Doll |
29 | The Shepherd Color Company | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 11:00 - 11:15 am | Problem Solving Pigments for High-Performance Paints and Coatings | Mark Ryan |
30 | Arkema | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 11:20 - 11:35 am | Mass Balance Solutions to Accelerate the Shift Towards More Circular Solutions | Chris Miller |
31 | Arkema | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 11:40 - 11:55 am | The Path Forward to Safer 2K Paints | Frank Cogordan |
32 | SYENSQO | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 12:00 - 12:15 pm | Addibond™ 106: Polymeric Additive for Enhanced Metal Adhesion in Water-based Coatings | Brian Vest |
33 | Penn Color | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 12:20 - 12:35 pm | Astrad™ , a new portfolio of water-based, solvent-based and UV dispersions, for architectural, automotive and industrial coatings | Phil Adams |
34 | HSO | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 12:40 - 12.55 pm | Navigating the Future of Coatings Manufacturing through AI and Microsoft CoPilot | Michael Hammons |
35 | Clariant | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 1:00 - 1:15 pm | Bio-based VITA products – maximum sustainability benefit without impacting performance | Mark Coward |
36 | Polynt | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 1:20 -1:35 pm | Introducing UROTUF® F110-D1W-31: A Groundbreaking Aliphatic Waterborne OMU with Superior Performance for Wood Flooring and Furniture Applications | Pengxu Qi |
37 | Nouryon | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 1:40 - 1:55 pm | EHM MAX | Stewart Williams |
38 | BYK USA | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 2:00 -2:15 pm | Future-proof your coatings | Heather McKelvie, Michael Goedeker |
39 | Univar Solutions | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 2:20 - 2:35 pm | Specialty Monomers | Bill Wagner, Christoph Fleckenstein |
40 | Evonik | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 2:40 - 2:55 pm | Meet our Easy-to-Dispers line of AEROSIL® grades for post-addition, easy incorporation and more efficient production cycles | Ali Javadi |
41 | Mitsubishi Chemical America | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 3:00 - 3:15 pm | Mitsubishi Chemical Group Sustainable Solutions for the Coatings Industry | Katsufumi Mochizuki |
42 | DOW | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 3:20 - 3:35 pm | ACRYSOL™ RM-735BF: New High Efficiency Biocide-Free Rheology Modifier | Sunny Wang |
43 | Brenntag North America | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 3:40 - 3:55 pm | Sustainability and Peak Oil’s Effects on the Chemical Industry | Ted Davlantes, Brendan Cullinan, David Waranke |
44 | BYK USA | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 4:00 - 4:15 pm | Are there limits to relying on zeta potential when it comes to complex systems? | Ronald Brashear, Matthew Burge |
45 | DEUREX AG | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 4:20 - 4:35 pm | Biodegradable waxes to avoid microplastics in paints and coatings – BIOMERE® | Steffen Remdt |
46 | U.S. Silica | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 4:40 - 4:55 pm | NEW WHITE MINERAL Pigments - Enhanced Aesthetics / Improved Economics | Christian Anderson |
May 2, 2024 — Thursday Schedule
No. | Company | Day | Time | Topic | Presenter |
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47 | Omya | Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 9:20 - 9:35 am | Cooling energy savings from high reflective coatings using lightweight fillers | David Gonzalez |
48 | DOW | Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 9:40 - 9:55 am | DOWSIL™ 107F: Silicone Polyether Compound Defoamer with Balanced Antifoaming Efficiency and Coating Compatibility | Lidaris San Miguel Rivera |
49 | Arkema | Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 10:00 - 10:15 am | New Pure Associative & Newtonian HEUR Polyurethane Thickener for Water-based Systems | Haksu Lee |
50 | Evonik | Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 10:20 - 10:35 am | Silanes for Waterborne Coatings | Letitia Luu |
51 | Lubrizol | Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 10:40 - 10:55 am | PowderAdd™ 9780 - PTFE Free Coarse Texturing Agent for Powder Coatings | Bill Ruth |
52 | Albert Invent | Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 11:00 - 11:15 am | Getting Products to Market Faster: AI & ML in the Lab | Sebastian Bernasek |
53 | Orion Engineered Carbons | Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 11:20 - 11:35 am | The Value of Using Gas Blacks for Coatings | Vy Vo |
Product Range
A COMPLETE PORTFOLIO
Coatings Raw Materials
Binders / Solvents / Pigments / Fillers / Additives
Adhesives Raw Materials
Polymers / Polymer Dispersions / Monomers / Resins, Tackifiers / Fillers / Solvents / Plasticizers, Oils / Additives / Waxes
Laboratory, Production Equipment and Packaging Equipment
Mixers / Extruders, Kneaders / Mills, Triple Roller Mills and Accessories / Engineering / Filters and Filtration / Pumps / Metering Devices, Balances / Conveying Systems / Filling Systems / Packaging and Packaging Materials / Labelling Machines / Logistics / Tinting Systems / Screening Machines and Sintering Plants / Coolers / Pipe Technology
Testing and Measuring Equipment
Quality Control and Laboratory Testing Equipment / Production and Process Control
Environmental Protection and Safety at Work
Occupational Safety / Container Washing Equipment / Emission Treatment / Effluent Treatment / Solvent Recycling
Services
Software, Hardware / E-Commerce / Training and Education Qualification / Technical Information and Publication / Consultancy / Research & Development / Contract Manufacturing