Citation
(2002), "Formulation Center", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 31 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2002.12931fab.005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Formulation Center
Formulation Center
The search for coatings raw materials is about to get a lot faster, more personalised and more effective. In future, coatings formulators will have access to the “Formulation Center”, the new online database from Vincentz Verlag, and search across all relevant suppliers for the right binder, pigment, filler, additive and solvent. Within the online search, product types, application fields, suppliers and above all physical properties can be combined in any thinkable way. The search result then gives various display options to choose from: a brief overview of all hits, a detailed view of all formulation-related properties of a raw material, or the option to download the supplier’s own product information. Users also have the possibility at any time of using context- sensitive e-mail forms to contact the raw materials suppliers, and of getting in touch with the sales department, requesting samples, or even addressing specific questions to a technical expert.
Multi-lingual menus, interactive search forms, search routine bookmarks, intelligent search results indicating related or similar products, and direct links to the print media services of Vincentz Verlag make the online database even more valuable to users.
The “Formulation Center” will be launched globally at the European Coatings Show in Nuremberg on 8 April 2003.
Further details may be obtained from Vincentz Verlag. Tel: +49-511-9910-240; Fax: +49-511-9910-299;E-mail: pennartz@coatings.de; Web site: www.coatings.de