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In 2008, the International Coatings Expo (ICE) will return to its permanent home and every-other-year schedule in Chicago.

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.

LCGC, a resource for chromatographers, is sponsoring an awards program that recognizes an emerging leader in the field of chromatography.

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.

 ASM International, The Materials Information Society, announced it has unbundled more than 20,000 technical articles.

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.

National Paint Industries has purchased the assets of Harco Chemical Coatings of Brooklyn, NY.

Ecology Coatings Inc. has completed its reverse merger with OCIS Corp. and has added David W. Morgan and Tim Tanner to its executive team.

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.