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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.

The Southern Society of Coatings Technology (SSCT) has installed its new officers for the 2008/2009 year.

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.

William Gordon Welch, 82, died July 17, 2008, of complications from pneumonia.

Sartomer Co. has named Marcel de Wolf as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Luigi Colantuoni, who accepted a new assignment with Sartomer’s parent company, TOTAL S.A., in Paris.

Nilfisk CFM has appointed Joe Wintsch to be its new Director of Sales for North America. Wintsch will be responsible for driving sales efforts in the United States, Canada and Mexico.<

Eastman Chemical Co. has named Damon C. Warmack as Vice President and General Manager, PCI.

Allcoat Technology has named Cliff Tishler Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Tishler has 30 years of experience in the specialty resins business.

Dover Chemical Corp. has appointed Jack Teat to Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing and Chuck Fletcher to Vice President, Commercial Development.