Archway Sales Inc., St. Louis, MO, was selected as BASF Resin’s Distributor of the Year, based on performance measures, territory profitability and new-product sales growth.
Zhenwen Fu, a scientist with Rohm and Haas’ Paint and Coatings Materials division, was awarded Best Paper recognition during the 2009 European Coatings Show Congress held in Nürnberg, Germany.
Thomas J. Sliva, of Manhattan, died Feb. 21, 2009, at his home in the East Village. Sliva was Vice President and Technical Director of DL Laboratories in Brooklyn, NY, where he worked for 36 years.
Nice, France, will be the meeting place for major users of radiation curing materials, equipment and products, hosting this year’s RadTech Europe Conference & Exhibition.
The Air Resources Board of California (ARB) staff has posted its final report entitled, Development of an Improved VOC Analysis Method for Architectural Coatings.
After more than five years of research in conjunction with the University of Auckland, Orica Powder Coatings, Auckland, New Zealand, is applying to patent a recycling process that can profitably turn waste paint, powder coatings and wood into high-performance particleboard for building.
While companies in mature economies face the challenge of even maintaining sales throughout the ongoing financial crisis, continued growth in India is likely to lead to an additional million tons of coatings demand by 2013, when the total Indian paint market will be in the region of 2.7 million tons.
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