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Atlas has appointed Equipos y Servicios Westek, S.A. de C.V. as its new exclusive representative in Mexico for Atlas products and services.

The Lubrizol Corp. will expand its presence in China by investing approximately $40 million to build a facility in Songjiang, just outside of Shanghai.

Pantheon Chemical’s non-toxic surface pretreatment, PreKote, has been selected by Continental Airlines for use in its aircraft-repainting program.

BYK-Chemie has inaugurated an ultramodern technical laboratory at Langfang, located between Beijing and Tianjin.

The Hydraulic Institute has announced that Mechanical Solutions, Inc. is the first company to become an HI Standards Partner in a program the Institute initiated this year.

With over 520 in attendance, uv.eb WEST registration grew to over 25% as interest in the environmental, economic and operational benefits of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) curing technology continues to expand.

The FSCT board of directors has accepted the resignation of Dr. Fritz Walker of Air Products & Chemicals, effective immediately.

Nearly every federal, state and local government that has regulated architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings in the past is considering further reductions.

The FSCT announced that Gordon P. Bierwagen, professor, Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials at North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D., will deliver the prestigious FSCT 2007 Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture.

ASTM International will hold a symposium on Wear and Friction Test Methods for Coatings and Surface Treatments on June 21, 2007, at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.