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Top Industry News                            February 26, 2007 Issue

ARB Schedules Architectural Coatings SCM Workshop
The staff at The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has scheduled the second workshop to discuss amending the ARB's Suggested Control Measure (SCM) for architectural coatings.  The workshop will be on March 13, 2007, in Sacramento, Calif.  The link to the workshop notice is www.arb.ca.gov/coatings/arch/WorkshopNotice2.pdf. For more information, contact Jim Nyarady at jnyarady@arb.ca.gov.

American Society of Safety Engineers Supports OSHA's FY08 Budget Request
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Des Plaines, Ill., is pleased with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) budget request for fiscal year 2008 of $490.3 million and intends to support it in its efforts to achieve funding levels from Congress ... Read full story here

PPG Acquires Renner Sayerlack’s Architectural and Industrial Paint Businesses
PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, has acquired the architectural and industrial coatings businesses of Renner Sayerlack, S.A., Gravatai, Brazil, in order to expand its architectural and industrial coatings business in Latin America ... Read full story here

Asian PPG Industries to Acquire Auto Refinish Business of ICI India
PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ICI India Ltd., Mumbai, India, to facilitate the acquisition of ICI’s premium automotive refinish business ... Read full story here 

The People File

Cummins to Become CEO of Ciba Specialty Chemicals
The board of directors of Ciba Specialty Chemicals has decided to dissolve its double mandate as of Jan. 1, 2008, following the successful implementation of the strategic transformation of the company ... Read full story here

Bunge Names Carl Mondoro General Manager of Bunge Biphor LLC
Bunge Ltd., White Plains, N.Y., has appointed Carl Mondoro general manager of Bunge Biphor LLC, manufacturer and marketer of BIPHOR™ white pigment, effective immediately ... Read full story here

International Paint Hires Senior Account Executive to Serve Mid-Atlantic Region
International Paint LLC, Houston, a division of Akzo Nobel, has hired Timothy Davis to serve as senior account executive over the company’s protective coatings sales throughout the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States ... Read full story here

Anthony Reed Joins Silberline Manufacturing Co.
Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., Tamaqua, Pa., announced that Anthony Reed recently joined the firm as director of global automotive marketing. Prior to signing on with Silberline, Reed was a sales representative for NL Industries, and most recently worked for BASF in the pearlescent pigment business.

Spotten Promoted to National Sales Manager for Munters Moisture Control Services
Russell Spotten has been named national sales manager, surface preparation and coating applications, for Moisture Control Services (MCS), San Clemente, Calif., a division of Munters AB ... Read full story here

BASF Names Rutherford Sales Manager for Acrylic Monomers and Superabsorbent Polymers in North America
BASF, Charlotte, N.C., has appointed Drew Rutherford as sales manager for the BASF Acrylic Monomers and Superabsorbent Polymers business in North America ... Read full story here 

Tronox Announces Global Titanium Dioxide Production Strategy
Tronox Incorporated, Oklahoma City, has a global titanium dioxide (TiO₂ ) strategy to optimize assets by focusing on capturing opportunities presented by the company’s chloride technology expertise, strong customer base and the rapid growth of the Asia-Pacific market ... Read full story here 

Sartomer Tees Up New 2007 Pro Golf Online Challenge
Sartomer Company, Exton, Pa., has found a unique way to reward formulators, chemists, customers, suppliers and others allied to the chemical industry by offering a free Pro Golf Challenge ... Read full story here

Visutech to Distribute Michelman's DigiPrime in Scandinavia
Michelman's full line of DigiPrime® digital primers for use with HP Indigo inks will now be available in Scandinavia through Visutech, following the appointment of the company as its distributor ... Read full story here

Dow Schedules Maintenance Turnaround at Portuguese MDI Facility
Dow Polyurethanes, a business of The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Mich., will conduct a scheduled turnaround at its MDI production plant in Estarreja, Portugal, for routine maintenance ... Read full story here

Ross Introduces Improved 500-Gallon Double Planetary Mixer
Charles Ross & Son Company, Hauppauge, N.Y., recently introduced its improved 500 Gallon Double Planetary Mixer. The mixer is equipped with special “HV” High Viscosity mixing blades ... Read full story here

Deacom Joins SOCMA
Deacom, Inc., Wayne, Pa., has joined the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) ... Read full story here 

American Chemistry Council Elects New Board Members; Dow’s Liveris Named Chairman of the Board
The American Chemistry Council (ACC), Arlington, Va., has announced its newly elected officers, committee chair people and board members ... Read full story here

Charles E. Bunch, Chairman and CEO of PPG Industries, and Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Awarded 2007 Adam Smith Medals
The Friends of Adam Smith (FOAS), Washington, announced the winners of the 2007 Adam Smith Awards ... Read full story here

New Radtech President, Board Members Announced
RadTech-The Association for UV and EB Technology, Chevy Chase, Md., welcomes a new president and board members ... Read full story here

Peter Weissmann of Cytec Receives President’s Award From RadTech
Cytec’s Peter Weissman accepted the sixth annual RadTech President's Award at the RadTech Winter meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.  The award is presented to individual members who make significant contributions to RadTech and the advancement of UV and EB technology ... Read full story here  

e-Training on Basic Physical Chemistry for Coatings Given in Two Parts
In this two-part Internet training course, SpecialChem expert Jochum Beetsma introduces the basic phenomena responsible for problems that coatings formulators experience and explains how to recognize them, enabling the participant to master the fundamentals behind his or her coatings issues ... Read full story here

NPCA Spring Meeting Scheduled for March 18-21
The NPCA Spring Meeting is being held March 18-21, 2007, at the Don CeSar Beach Resort in St. Pete Beach, Fla. For more information and to register online, go to
www.paint.org/meetings/spring.cfm.

Coatings for Plastics to Define Technologies of the Future
The 10th International Coatings for Plastics Symposium, hosted by Paint & Coatings Industry magazine, will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago, June 13-15, 2007. The symposium will explore emerging trends in the coatings for plastics industry and define technologies that will have an impact on the industry’s future ... Read full story here