The 11th International Coatings Congress, part of ABRAFATI 2009, will take place from Sept. 23-25, 2009, at the Transamérica Expo Center in São Paulo, Brazil. This year, the main theme will be “The Coatings of the Future.”
Cambridge Viscosity has announced that the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) has developed a new standard test method, ASTM D 7483-08, for the determination of dynamic and kinematic viscosity of liquids by oscillating piston viscometer.
Flint Group has announced a new organization structure that will allow customers to have full access to the company’s product portfolio through a single sales contact.
In 2008, BASF reported a sales increase of 8 percent compared with 2007, to EUR 62.3 billion, despite a drop in the fourth quarter. This was primarily due to higher prices in all divisions.
Effective April 1, BASF Coatings will sell its powder business for home appliances, heating and pipe coatings to Arsonsisi S.p.A., the powder-coatings branch of the Junghanns Group.
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), of the American Chemistry Council, has extended the deadline for the call for papers and posters to be presented at the Polyurethanes 2009 Technical Conference on Oct. 5 – 7, 2009 at the Gaylord National in Fort Washington, MD.
In compliance with the new EU REACH chemicals regulation, Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), a division of J.M. Huber Corp., has announced as a member of the Silica and Silicates Consortia it has developed the Technical Dossier and Chemical Safety Report to successfully register synthetic amorphous silica with the European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki, Finland.
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