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BASF is establishing a new Polyurethane Solutions System House in western China.

With 328 exhibitors and about 6,700 overall participants, the second edition of the American Coatings Show & Conference proved very successful.

The Coatings Research Institute of Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, is offering a one-day course, Understanding Coating Raw Materials, on April 30, 2010.

PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has announced the opening of the Shmaze Color Design Studio sponsored by PPG Trendcast, a facility near Irvine, CA, devoted to helping manufacturers and industrial designers accelerate color design and prototype development.

IAL Consultants has released a new publication for the radiation-curables sector, entitled Global Overview of the Radiation Curing Market.

The Department of Coatings & Polymeric Materials at North Dakota State University is now accepting registrations for its annual short courses.

Automotive paint that can help to cool cars is the focus of research into functional nanopigments at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Fitz Chem Corp., distributor and sales agent of raw materials to the coatings, plastics, ink, construction, adhesive and personal care industries, announced that Rio Tinto Minerals (RTM) has expanded Fitz Chem’s territory.

DSM Functional Coatings B.V., part of Royal DSM N.V., and Berliner Glas KGaA, a European supplier of refined technical glass, have agreed to the terms of a licensing deal for DSM’s anti-reflective coating system, KhepriCoat™.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, is expanding its international training and competence centers and is opening branches of the WACKER ACADEMY in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as well as in Singapore.