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Top Industry News            January 18, 2009 Issue

IRL Publishes Profile of the Central American and Caribbean Paint Industry
Information Research has announced the publication of a report entirely dedicated to the Central American and Caribbean paint markets ... More

NACE Opens Training Center for Corrosion Education
NACE International and the NACE Foundation have opened a $2.4 million facility that is the nation's first freestanding training center dedicated exclusively to advancing corrosion education ... More 

Decker Named Winner of 2009 Roy W. Tess Award
Christian Decker, Director of Research at the National Center for Scientific Research in Strasbourg, France, will receive the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings ... More

Safety Engineers Work With OSHA to Increase Worker Safety
The American Society of Safety Engineers' Greater Baton Rouge Chapter and the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Baton Rouge Area Office recently formed a formal alliance ... More 

ASC Announces Staff Promotions/New Membership Director
The Adhesive and Sealant Council Inc. announced that Robert (Bob) Willis has been promoted to Director, Meetings and Education ... More

Lubrizol Acquires Dow Thermoplastic Polyurethane Business
The Lubrizol Corp. has acquired the thermoplastic polyurethane business from The Dow Chemical Co ... More 

NSL Analytical Services Inc. Acquires Central Testing Laboratories
NSL Analytical Services Inc. has acquired Central Testing Laboratories ... More

The People File

PPG Appoints Cynthia Niekamp 
PPG Industries has announced that Cynthia A. Niekamp has joined the company as Vice President, Automotive Coatings ... More

Management Change Announced at Tikkurila
Allan Suvi, General Director of LLC Tikkurila, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Tikkurila, which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, has resigned ... More

Dan McDowell is New Siegwerk Board Member 
Dan McDowell has taken over his new position as member of the Siegwerk Board of Management ... More

Business Barometer

Tronox's U.S. Operations File Chapter 11
Tronox Inc. has announced that it and certain of the company's subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code ... More

Company Portfolio

Huntsman Carbonates Receive VOC-Exempt Status
Huntsman's Performance Products division has announced the official VOC-exempt status for JEFFSOL^® Propylene Carbonate and ULTRAPURE^® Propylene Carbonate ... More

AkzoNobel Automotive Plastic Coatings Wins BMW Approval 
AkzoNobel Automotive Plastic Coatings has won global approval from German automaker BMW for its waterborne basecoat technology ... More 

ANGUS Chemical Celebrates New Facility 
ANGUS Chemical Co. has celebrated the completion of the company's new $10 million market development facility ... More

Atrion Releases Intelligent Authoring 4.1
Atrion International has announced the availability of Intelligent Authoring release 4.1, part of the Atrion product compliance solution ... More

Supplier Price Alerts

Troy Corp. Announces Preservative Price Increases
Troy Corp. has announced price increases of up to 18 percent for all Polyphase^® products and up to 5 percent for certain Mergal^® biocides ... More

See other recent price adjustments at www.pcimag.com by clicking on Supplier Price Alerts.

Nano News

Top Government Officials to Explain Nanotechnology Regulatory Plans at FDLI Conference
The Food and Drug Law Institute has assembled the top officials at the agencies responsible for the regulation of nanotechnology products ... More

Polymers "Battered" With Nanoparticles Could Create Self-Healing Paints and Clever Packaging
Research chemists at the University of Warwick have devised a process that simply and cheaply covers small particles of polymer with a layer of silica-based nanoparticles ... More 

Meetings, Courses and Other Events

Ciba Offers Seminars on New EU Regulations
Ciba is offering three expert services seminars on new EU regulations ... More

Atlas^® Announces Dates for Weathering Courses
Atlas Material Testing Technology offers basic and advanced Fundamentals of Weathering seminars to educate its broad client base on the essential elements of weathering testing ... More 

Malvern Offers New Series of Laser Diffraction Master Classes
Starting in January 2009, Malvern Instruments begins a new series of its web-based laser diffraction master classes ... More 

More additional information on paint and coatings events, visit the PCI Calendar of Events.