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The keynote address at FutureCoat! 2008 will be given by John Mikan, President of Experien Health Sciences Inc.

Abstracts are now being accepted for the 12th Annual Coatings for Plastics Symposium, to be held June 2-4, 2009, at the Westin Yorktown Center in Lombard, IL. The deadline for submission is Dec. 8, 2008.

The Southern Society of Coatings Technology (SSCT) has installed its new officers for the 2008/2009 year.

According to the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, Dow Chemical’s recently announced acquisition of Rohm and Haas, and Ashland’s of Hercules, will further concentrate the supplier structure of coating additives in Asia.

The Freedonia Group has released a new study that predicts demand for chemical solvents will rise less than one percent per year to 11.8 billion pounds in 2012.

William Gordon Welch, 82, died July 17, 2008, of complications from pneumonia.

In a 4-0 decision, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has overturned a verdict against three former lead paint producers.

The awards for best papers presented at the RadTech 2008 Conference and Exhibition in Chicago have been announced.

FSCT President Yasmin Sayed-Sweet has announced that Joe Pontoski has resigned as FSCT Executive Director effective July 8, 2008.

The observatoryNANO consortium has been established to help European decision makers gain objective information for their decisions when considering a rapidly changing field of technology such as nanoscience and nanotechnology.