For the second time, leading paint magnates met at the Coatings Summit in the Bahamas at the end of January to analyze the global economic situation, discuss lucrative business models and jointly look ahead to the future.
Cosponsored by FSCT and RadTech International, the e-learning Virtual Learning Conferences will begin in 2005 with a two-part program on UV-curable coatings.
The Eastern Training Conference, sponsored by the Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology, will take place May 9-11, 2005, at the Radisson Valley Forge Hotel & Convention Center, King of Prussia, Pa. Two three-day courses will be offered along with an instrument exhibition.
Worldwide demand for organic colorants (dyes and organic pigments) is forecast to expand 4.9 percent annually from a relatively weak 2003 base to $10.6 billion in 2008.
The Southern Society of Coatings Technology Annual Meeting, "Surviving the Storms of Change," will be held on April 17-20, 2005, at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, in Biloxi, Miss.
Clarke Boyce passed away suddenly at the age of 78. Mr. Boyce was a member of the FSCT and the Toronto Society for some 53 years and was continuously involved in their activities.
The staff and facilities of a marine paint-testing center in Southeastern India affiliated with U.S.-based research and development company Poseidon Ocean Sciences, Inc., survived the deadly tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004.
RadTech EUROPE 2005, an exhibition and conference on UV/EB curing, is scheduled for Oct. 18-20, 2005, at the International Convention Centre in Barcelona, Spain.
Imports of phthalo green, a very popular ink in the packaging and printing business, have been halted because of trace levels of the banned chemical hexachlorobenzene (HCB), according to the Canadian Plastics Industry Association.
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