If
next year’s color palette is any indication, the world is getting smaller.
Global colors are the trend-setting style for 2008 and a top choice, says
architectural paint brand PARA Paints.
Responding
to demand from international suppliers and investors, LKM-Press Publishing
House has completed a study of the Russian paint industry and the market for
coating materials.
On Oct 28, at the National Paint and Coatings
Association (NPCA) Board of Directors meeting, a representative from the
Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology presented a proposal for merging
the two organizations.
Alcro-Beckers
AB, part of the Finnish Tikkurila that is responsible for Kemira’s paints and
coatings business, has signed an agreement to sell its 50-percent stake in the
Swedish filler producer Scanspac to Gyproc AB, part of the Gypsum Activity of
Saint-Gobain.
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Division has
released the inaugural issue of ACS
Nano, a
new, peer-reviewed journal publishing articles in one of the fastest-growing
research areas in chemistry and the related sciences.