California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo unveiled plans for the construction of the Western Coatings Technology Center and the launch of a $5 million fund-raising campaign for the project.
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) announced program plans for the 31st Annual Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium, scheduled for Feb. 18-20, 2004, in New Orleans.
Value gains in the U.S. market for pigments in the next several years will be driven by a shift in the product mix toward more costly organic and specialty products that offer environmental or unique optical effects, a recently issued study concludes.
Akzo Nobel formally announced the opening of its new non-stick coatings production facility in Dongguan City in southern China, marking the start of operations at a plant that produces non-stick coatings primarily for the rapidly growing cookware industry in China.
The NPCA recently issued a "grassroots alert" to association member companies, urging support of federal legislation designed to stem the threat of a flood of asbestos-related litigation against industries and companies that had little, if any, connection to asbestos production or use.
The European Commission formally issued its much-criticized REACH chemicals-registration proposal, a sweeping measure that goes before the European Parliament and EU government ministers for ratification.
Louis A. Ruckgaber Jr., chairman and president of Egyptian Lacquer Manufacturing Co. Inc. and a longtime chairman and member of the National Paint & Coatings Association's Management Information Committee, died Sept. 24 in Columbia, TN, following a battle with cancer. He was 73.
AK Steel, a manufacturer of steel products for the construction market, announced the completion of the "AK Steel Concept Home," reported to be the nation's first "antimicrobial" house as a result of the use of coatings that contain an antimicrobial compound named AgION™.
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