Rick Hille, vice president of operations for The Flood Company and a past president of The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT), was awarded the FSCT’s highest honor, The 2006 George Baugh Heckel Award, during the FSCT’s 2006 Annual General Meeting in New Orleans.
The European Coatings Show 2007 plus Adhesives, Sealants, Construction Chemicals, taking place in the Exhibition Centre, Nürnberg, Germany, from May 8-10, 2007, is already heading for a new record.
Efforts by Dow Corning Corporation, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) and Habitat for Humanity gave more than 50 coatings industry professionals the opportunity to help construct four homes in New Orleans before the International Coatings Expo (ICE) last November.
After two very successful years, the mantel of the chairmanship of The Filtration Society has been passed from Dr. Graham Rideal of Whitehouse Scientific to Lloyd Holiday of Larox.
During the Honors Luncheon of its 119th Annual Meeting in Nashville, the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) presented Edward J. Donnelly Jr., senior vice president, Corporate Affairs, with the George Baugh Heckel Award.
NASHVILLE - Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. announced at a groundbreaking ceremony on October 10th that it would name Nashville as its North American Powder Coatings headquarters and technical laboratories in 2007.
ARLINGTON,
Va. - The Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API) has issued a
call for entries for the 2007 Polyurethane “Innovation Award”
nominations and also has changed this year’s award program’s three
categories to: Polyurethane Chemicals, Processing Equipment and
Finished Product.
Augé Nelson Augé has joined Kelley Technical Coatings, Louisville, Ky., as executive vice president. Augé was formerly president of the Marcus Paint Company and was vice president of Manufacturing and
CHEVY
CHASE, Md. - RadTech, the association for UV and EB technology, has
announced dates for uv.eb WEST 2007, a two-day conference and tabletop
exhibition, March 6-7, 2007, at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel at LAX in
Los Angeles. Presentations and demonstrations by leading industry
suppliers and users will target the environmental, economic, energy
savings and performance benefits of UV and EB, and how the technology
enables manufacturers to meet and exceed regulatory requirements.
WASHINGTON - The European Commission has proposed that companies pay a
fee to have their chemicals registered as will be required under the
anticipated REACH legislation, according to Robert Donkers, environment
counselor for the delegation of the European Commission in the United
States. The Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals
(REACH) legislation is making its way through the European Parliament.
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