The recent annual meeting of the Southern Society for Coatings Technology featured a varied technical program, beginning with a keynote address by Loren Hill on "Test Methods and Property/Property Relationships."
The NPCA issued an alert to coatings manufacturers on "aggressive compliance activity" initiated by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) involving the district's Rule 1113 on architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings.
Akzo Nobel announced the start of construction of a new architectural-coatings production facility in Vietnam, located in an industrial area near Ho Chi Minh City.
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology announced preliminary program plans for the 2004 International Coatings Technology Conference and Annual Meeting Technical Program, scheduled for Oct. 25-29 in Chicago in conjunction with the International Coatings Expo (ICE).
The University of Missouri-Rolla's UMR Coatings Institute recently honored Dr. James O. Stoffer with the "UMR Coatings Institute Distinguished Scientist Award," given to individuals "who have benefited the coatings field through outstanding research, educational efforts and service."
Subsidiaries of Flint Hills Resources L.L.C., an independent refining and chemicals company based in Wichita, has acquired performance chemicals business assets from BP Chemical Co.
DSM Coating Resins announced an agreement to acquire the Hüttenes-Albertus Lackrohstoffe (HAL) coatings-resins business of Hüttenes-Albertus Chemische Werke GmbH of Düsseldorf, Germany.
The Lubrizol Corp. completed the acquisition of Noveon International Inc., a supplier of coatings resins and other specialty chemicals, in a transaction valued at $1.84 billion.
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