The Coatings for Africa Symposium and Exhibition is scheduled for August 19-21, 2008, at the Champagne Sports Resort in Central Drakensberg, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
The Southern Society of Coating Technology (SSCT) will host its Annual Meeting and Technical Conference, “Destin-ed for Formulation Success,” April 22–23, 2008, at the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort in Sandestin, FL.
The American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) will hold its 21st Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition on May 19-22, 2008, at the Radisson Valley Forge Hotel in Valley Forge, PA.
According to the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, Asia consumed 9.7 million metric tons (21 billion pounds) of coatings in 2007, worth $28.7 billion. Volume is up 23 percent from 2004, while dollar value has increased by 40 percent.
Researchers at the City College of New York (CCNY) and Rice University have developed a low-cost, environmentally friendly technique for embedding antimicrobial silver nanoparticles into vegetable oil-based paints.
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