OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Nov. 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The Federation of
Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) and Chemidex, announced today a
partnership to develop enhanced web capabilities for FSCT Members throughout
the world through a special gateway to Chemidex's Paint & Coatings Cybrary.
The gateway will provide direct access to enhanced Cybrary services,
including the ability to perform full text searches of articles from the
original Journal of Coatings Technology (JCT) as well as its successor
publications, JCT Research and JCT CoatingsTech.
According to Bob Ziegler, Executive Director of FSCT, "The Paint &
Coatings Cybrary is an impressive tool that will enhance the offerings that
the FSCT brings to its members. We are very pleased to partner with Chemidex
on this exciting program that will help coatings formulators worldwide gain a
technical advantage through ongoing access to cutting-edge technical
information and solutions."
This partnership will ensure faster, deeper identification of potential
formulation solutions for FSCT members, enabling them to search for and find
FSCT technical articles that relate to the detailed supplier product and
technical information accessible in the Cybrary. The FSCT Cybrary gateway
will also provide access to all of Chemidex's state-of-the-art features,
including the ability to communicate online directly with multiple raw
materials suppliers, request samples, and save and manage search data from a
continually updated store of product information from the world's leading raw
material suppliers.
Said Bruce Ianni, Chief Executive Officer, Chemidex, "We share a mission
with the FSCT to help make formulators around the world smarter, faster and
more effective in developing new products. We look forward to working with
the association and its members to develop cutting-edge technology solutions
that enable accelerated innovation in the coatings industry. Combining the
most powerful search engine with the largest database of industry technical
articles is a good start."
Founded in 1997, and with corporate headquarters in Kansas City, KS, USA,
Chemidex LLC, operates offices three continents and serves six markets in the
chemicals and life sciences industries. The Paint &Coatings Cybrary is the
premier online resource for today's Formulators for technical information and
direct connection to the some of the world's largest raw material suppliers.
Visit http://www.Chemidex.com or access the Paints & Coatings Cybrary at
http://www.coatingstech.org .