More
and more Canadians are experimenting with color on their walls. That’s the
finding of a recent survey by leading architectural paint brand PARA Paints in
polling its more than 400 paint dealers across the country.
A proposed new standard being developed by ASTM
International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and
Applications would provide the coatings industry with an industry-wide method
for evaluating the ability of an architectural paint system to block ink stains
from typical markers and writing instruments from bleeding through primer or
basecoat into a topcoat.
The
Lubrizol Corp. will expand its presence in China by investing approximately $40
million to build a facility in Songjiang, just outside of Shanghai.
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.