The UMR Coatings Institute at the University of Missouri-Rolla is offering a short course designed for the new coatings person in areas such as sales, marketing or production.
According to the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, U.S. consumption of radiation-cured printing inks in 2005 was $353 MM. Sales dollars grew at a 4% annual rate since 2000, slightly less than volume growth.
Nanomaterials have received a very good reception within the Western European coatings industry, and many paint companies are in the process of evaluating the potential benefits of these materials in coatings science, according to a recent report by Information Research, London.
Now in its ninth year, the Coatings for Plastics Symposium, organized under the auspices of PCI magazine, is one of the few symposiums dedicated entirely to this subject.
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