A proposed new standard being developed by ASTM
International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and
Applications would provide the coatings industry with an industry-wide method
for evaluating the ability of an architectural paint system to block ink stains
from typical markers and writing instruments from bleeding through primer or
basecoat into a topcoat.
The
Hydraulic Institute has announced that Mechanical Solutions, Inc. is the first company to become an HI Standards Partner in a
program the Institute initiated this year.
With
over 520 in attendance, uv.eb WEST registration grew to over 25% as interest in
the environmental, economic and operational benefits of ultraviolet (UV) and electron
beam (EB) curing technology continues to expand.
Nearly
every federal, state and local government that has regulated architectural and
industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings in the past is considering further
reductions.
The FSCT announced that Gordon P. Bierwagen,
professor, Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials at North Dakota State
University, Fargo, N.D., will deliver the prestigious FSCT 2007 Joseph J.
Mattiello Memorial Lecture.
ASTM
International will hold a symposium on Wear and Friction Test Methods for
Coatings and Surface Treatments on June 21, 2007, at the Loews Miami Beach
Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.
L.E. (Skip) Scriven, Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering &
Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, is the winner of the 2007 Roy
W. Tess Award in Coatings.
The
Center for the Polyurethanes Industry has
issued a call for entries for the 2007 Polyurethane “Innovation Award”
nominations and also has changed this year’s award program’s three categories
to Polyurethane Chemicals, Processing Equipment and Finished Product.
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