In an effort to learn more about the challenges manufacturers are facing, the National Coil Coating Association (NCCA) is conducting a series of short polls within its bimonthly electronic newsletter.
The North African Coatings Congress 2008, organized by The Coatings Group, dmg world media, will be held Oct. 14-15, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Casablanca, Morocco.
Abstracts are now being accepted for the 12th Annual Coatings for Plastics Symposium, to be held June 2-4, 2009, at the Westin Yorktown Center in Lombard, IL. The deadline for submission is Dec. 8, 2008.
According to the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, Dow Chemical’s recently announced acquisition of Rohm and Haas, and Ashland’s of Hercules, will further concentrate the supplier structure of coating additives in Asia.
The Freedonia Group has released a new study that predicts demand for chemical solvents will rise less than one percent per year to 11.8 billion pounds in 2012.
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