The NPCA reports that the Northeast Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) announced a new initiative targeting, among others, reducing volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from paint and coatings in the OTC region.
Now in its ninth year, this magazine's Coatings for Plastics symposium, to be held June 5-7, 2006, at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy, Mich., is one of the few dedicated entirely to this important topic.
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology has selected Jonathan W. Martin, group leader of the Polymeric Materials Group within the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST, to deliver the Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture during the organization's 84th Annual Meeting.
The pivotal role of antimicrobial agents in ensuring in-can and dry-film preservation of paints, coatings and adhesives (PCA) demands that manufacturers have an up-to-date picture of the antimicrobial agents (AMA) offered in the European market.
On Jan. 10, 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed requirements to minimize the introduction of lead hazards resulting from the disturbance of lead-based paint during renovation, repair and painting activities in most housing built before 1978 (71 FR 1588).
Ciba Specialty Chemicals has appointed Tri-iso, Inc., Claremont, Calif., as its West Coast distributor for Ciba Coatings effects pigments, UV absorbers, hindered-amine light stabilizers, antioxidants, photoinitiators and optical brighteners for the paint and coatings market.
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