The 10th International Coatings for Plastics Symposium sponsored by this magazine will explore emerging trends in the coatings for plastics industry and define those technologies that will have an impact on the industry’s future.
IRL has published a new title for the industrial coatings sector. Potential of Automotive-Related Coatings in Eastern Europe is a study that covers eight key automotive-producing economies in Eastern Europe and examines the markets of automotive OEM coatings, automotive refinishes, powder coatings and coatings for plastics in each.
Rick Hille, vice president of operations for The Flood Company and a past president of The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT), was awarded the FSCT’s highest honor, The 2006 George Baugh Heckel Award, during the FSCT’s 2006 Annual General Meeting in New Orleans.
The European Coatings Show 2007 plus Adhesives, Sealants, Construction Chemicals, taking place in the Exhibition Centre, Nürnberg, Germany, from May 8-10, 2007, is already heading for a new record.
Efforts by Dow Corning Corporation, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) and Habitat for Humanity gave more than 50 coatings industry professionals the opportunity to help construct four homes in New Orleans before the International Coatings Expo (ICE) last November.
After two very successful years, the mantel of the chairmanship of The Filtration Society has been passed from Dr. Graham Rideal of Whitehouse Scientific to Lloyd Holiday of Larox.
During the Honors Luncheon of its 119th Annual Meeting in Nashville, the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) presented Edward J. Donnelly Jr., senior vice president, Corporate Affairs, with the George Baugh Heckel Award.
ARLINGTON,
Va. - The Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API) 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.
Augé Nelson Augé has joined Kelley Technical Coatings, Louisville, Ky., as executive vice president. Augé was formerly president of the Marcus Paint Company and was vice president of Manufacturing and
CHEVY
CHASE, Md. - RadTech, the association for UV and EB technology, has
announced dates for uv.eb WEST 2007, a two-day conference and tabletop
exhibition, March 6-7, 2007, at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel at LAX in
Los Angeles. Presentations and demonstrations by leading industry
suppliers and users will target the environmental, economic, energy
savings and performance benefits of UV and EB, and how the technology
enables manufacturers to meet and exceed regulatory requirements.