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SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), Norman, OK, and consulting firm Chasm Technologies Inc. (Chasm), have established a carbon nanotube coatings application development center at Chasm’s facility located in the Boston area.

Cytec Industries Inc. has announced the startup of new capacity for its BECKOPOX™ waterborne epoxy hardeners and dispersions at its Langley, SC, facility.

Remmers Baustofftechnik GmbH was awarded the contract to supply coatings for the Bandra Worli Sea Link Bridge in India.

NASA will soon launch two BYK-Gardner spectro-guide spectrophotometers to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Shuttle Discovery.

The Kuwait Lab Technology Conference & Exhibition will be held Nov. 4-5, 2009, at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Kuwait.

The Electrocoat Association and the Chemical Coaters Association International have joined forces to bring the finishing industry the 2009 Electrocoating Seminar, to be held at the Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport in Birmingham, AL, on Nov. 11-12, 2009.

PCI Magazine has partnered with the Chicago Society for Coatings Technology/SYMCO to bring you the Coatings Trends & Technologies (CTT) Conference.

The global market for functional and barrier coatings for paper and board was valued at $3,778 million in 2007, growing at 3.1 percent, and is expected to reach $4,561 million by 2014.

According to the latest information from IRL in its new Profile of the Chinese Paint Industry, 5th Edition, China has a 6.4-million-ton paint market.

Global titanium dioxide (TiO2) demand is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.5 percent, reaching 6.79 million tons by 2016.