The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) issued program details for the 29th Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium, scheduled for Feb. 6-8 in New Orleans.
The city of Newark, NJ, became the latest jurisdiction to file suit against former suppliers of lead-based paint and pigments. The city filed suit in state Superior Court in New Jersey and said it will seek "billions of dollars" in damages for health problems related to lead poisoning.
Chemcentral Corp. has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Southwest Solvents & Chemicals, a distributor of chemicals with facilities in Texas and Los Angeles.
Sartomer Co. has acquired Rohm and Haas Co.'s line of Uvithane oligomers, a group of five urethane acrylate oligomers that includes two aromatic and three aliphatic products used in coatings, ink and adhesives.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued a notice that new, statewide VOC limits for several consumer products, including certain adhesives and aerosol coatings, were scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1.
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