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In a position statement issued today, the British Coatings Federation (BCF) commented on the Brexit results, in which the UK voted to exit the European Union.

Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow and the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association (MAMA) have announced an agreement to collaborate on introducing advanced lightweight material solutions to the Great Lakes Region’s aerospace manufacturing industry.

National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President Eric R. Byer issued the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21^st Century Act that would reform the 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

ASTM International has published the 5^th Edition of “ASTM Standards on Materials and Environmental Microbiology.”

Members of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) went to Capitol Hill on May 17 to encourage Congress to reform the regulatory process and provide chemical distributors and other U.S. businesses the regulatory certainty needed to continue as economic engines and job creators.

RadTech, the non-profit trade association for UV and EB curing technologies, announced the awards for best papers for the upcoming biennial RadTech 2016 Conference, which is taking place May 16-18, 2016 in Chicago.

Results from a recent survey by the European Paint Federation, CEPE, confirm that REACH 2018 will have a significant impact on the British Coatings Federation’s (BCF) members’ ability to innovate and on their competitiveness.

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed an innovative anti-biofilm coating that has significant anti-adhesive potential for a variety of medical and industrial applications.

Instead of applying a deicing agent to strip ice from an aircraft’s wings before stormy winter takeoffs, airport personnel could in the future just watch chunks slide right off without lifting a finger.