The results of the 2004 End Use Market Survey of the Polyurethanes Industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico indicate that the polyurethanes industry has been on a firm growth track during the last two years.
In an effort to help its members whose companies were damaged by Katrina and Rita, the FSCT offers its assistance in posting employment notices on its Web site and in its monthly publication, "JCT CoatingsTech."
On Oct. 24, during the Opening Session of its 118th Annual Meeting in Cleveland, the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) presented Thomas C. Osborne, chief executive officer of Tnemec Corp., with the George Baugh Heckel Award, the association's highest honor.
A call for papers has been issued for the 9th International Coatings for Plastics Symposium, June 5-7, 2006, at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy, Mich.
Information Research (IRL) has published a report for the coatings resins sector that examines the market for all of the major types of emulsions and coating resins, including those for water-based, powder and radiation-cured coatings.
The Cleveland Society for Coatings Technology (CSCT) and the Cleveland Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) have completed their merger to form the Cleveland Coatings Society.