According to the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, Asia consumed 9.7 million metric tons (21 billion pounds) of coatings in 2007, worth $28.7 billion. Volume is up 23 percent from 2004, while dollar value has increased by 40 percent.
Researchers at the City College of New York (CCNY) and Rice University have developed a low-cost, environmentally friendly technique for embedding antimicrobial silver nanoparticles into vegetable oil-based paints.
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has announced the results of the election of members to its Board of Directors. Paul Delmonico of Old Western Paint Co. Inc., Chris Harding of Waterlox Coatings and Robert Henderson of Lonza Inc. were elected to the Board for three-year terms.
The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exposition, Safety 2008, will be held June 9-12, 2008, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The third Atlas® Technical Conference for Accelerated Ageing and Evaluation (ATCAE) will take place September 15-16, 2008, in Oxford, England. The conference will focus on the automotive industry.
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