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PPG Industries announced that Cynthia A. Niekamp, Senior Vice President of Automotive Coatings, has been named by Automotive News magazine among the 100 leading women in the North American auto industry.

Thomas Venarge has been named President of APV Engineered Coatings® in Akron, OH.

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has announced the election of six new members to its Board of Directors and four new members to its Member Council for the 2011-12 term.

The School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi is sponsoring the 38th Annual Waterborne Symposium in New Orleans.

The Plaza Group has opened a new office in Panama City, Panama, to serve growing demand in the Latin American region.

Atlas Material Testing Technology and Underwriters Laboratories have announced the dates for PV Durability Asia.

Munters Moisture Control Services (MCS) executive Russ Brown has been elected President of the executive board of the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC), a non-profit association dedicated to the protection and preservation of concrete, steel and other industrial and marine structures and surfaces through the use of high-performance industrial coatings.

AkzoNobel has appointed Sucheta Govil as the new Global Head of Marketing for the company's Decorative Paints business.

Gaco Western has announced the appointment of Aaron Kralovic, Chris Mayer, Ron Davis and Adam Scheafbauer.

ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications has approved a standard covering a test chamber used by transportation departments and similar agencies throughout the world to specify and test the dry speed of waterborne pavement marking paints at elevated relative humidity.