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Top Industry News                                  May 19, 2008 Issue

Study Forecasts High Growth for Global Nanotechnology Market
BBC Research has released a new study of the global nanotechnology market that forecasts high growth through the next five years ... More 

Energy and Sustainability Addressed at RadTech 2008
With over 2,200 in attendance, the May 4-7 RadTech 2008 Conference in Chicago highlighted the energy and environmental benefits of utilizing EB and UV industrial technologies ... More

Business Barometer 

The People File

National Paint Industries Hires Paul Marzocca
National Paint Industries, North Brunswick, NJ, has announced the addition of Paul Marzocca as National Sales Manager for the Blue Water Yacht and Marine division ... More 

Tronox Stockholders Elect Directors
Stockholders of Tronox Inc., Oklahoma City, elected David G. Birney and Bradley C. Richardson to the company's board of directors during Tronox's annual meeting of stockholders ... More 

BASF Coatings Begins Paint Production at Russian Site
BASF Coatings has started up its new production site for paint in Russia ... More 

Ecology Coatings Applies For $2 Million DOD Earmark
Ecology Coatings Inc. has applied for a $2 million, fiscal-year 2009 Department of Defense (DOD) appropriation to conduct lifecycle testing on tactical vehicles at various locations and in varied weather conditions across the United States ... More

CPS Color Named Top Foreign Brand Supplier for Chinese Paint Industry
CPS Color, the leading supplier of advanced tinting systems, was chosen as one of the top 10 foreign brand suppliers through a public poll organized by HC360, an industrial information portal website. The poll was done on the web this year and was targeted at the Chinese paint industry ... More 

Conversion to Waterborne Gaining Momentum in California, Canada
According to PPG Industries' automotive refinish business, more collision shops are transitioning to waterborne basecoat from solvent-based systems in anticipation of new air quality regulations in California and Canada ... More 

Tronox Inc. Suspends Quarterly Dividend/Names Ernst & Young LLP
The Tronox Inc. board of directors has announced that the company is suspending its quarterly dividend effective immediately ... More 

Omya Increases Price of Functional Products GCC
Effective June 1, 2008, Omya Inc., Blue Ash, OH, has announced a price increase for all ground calcium carbonate (GCC) grades used in the industrial and food/pharmaceutical markets, as contracts and sales agreements allow ... More

Cray Valley Announces Resins Price Increase
Cray Valley has increased prices for its hydrocarbon resin products, effective June 1, 2008, or as existing contracts allow ... More 

Dow Coating Solutions Increases Off-List Prices for Latex Emulsion Products
Dow Coating Solutions, a market-facing business of The Dow Chemical Co., is increasing the off-list prices of its latex emulsion products ... More

BASF Increases Prices
Effective June 6, 2008, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices by U.S. $0.05 per wet pound in the United States and Canada on all Acronal® and Acronal Optive® all-acrylic latex products, Acronal styrene-acrylic latex products, and Basonal® multi-monomer latex products used in the adhesives, fiber bonding, architectural coatings, paper and construction markets ... More

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ASM Thermal Spray Society Sponsors Symposium/Short Course
Highlighting new technology in thermal spray for the aerospace industry, the ASM Thermal Spray Society will hold an Aerospace Coatings Symposium on Oct. 15-16, 2008, at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley International Airport, near Hartford, CT ... More

Chicago Printing Ink Production Club Hosts Golf Outing
The 36th Annual Chicago Printing Ink Production Club Golf Outing will be held Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at St Andrews Golf Club in West Chicago, IL ... More