Epoxy resin suppliers said the market is under "intense upward pressure on pricing" generated by rising global demand and continued increases in raw-material and energy costs, with the situation not expected to change in the near term.
Akzo Nobel Coatings' Coil and Extrusion Coatings Business Unit presented the 18th Annual Hanna Award in Coatings, recognizing the best project on the science and technology of chemical coatings entered in Ohio Science Day, to middle-school student Carly J. Frazier of Frankfort, OH.
The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) issued an invitation for nominations for the 2005 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings, a prize that recognizes "outstanding individual achievements and noteworthy contributions to coatings science, technology and engineering."
Eastern Michigan University's Coatings Research Institute issued a call for papers for the institute's "Smart Coatings 2005" Symposium, scheduled for Feb. 2-4, 2005, in Orlando, FL.
Robert Kagan, a noted authority on the dynamics of power in the post-Cold War world, will deliver the keynote address at the NPCA's 2004 Annual Meeting, scheduled for Oct. 24-26 in Chicago, the association announced.
The NPCA announced that its 2004 Safety Award Program will accept entries only by means of the association's electronic entry form, located at www.paint.org/member/safety/.
RadTech International North America's recent "e|5 2004" conference and exhibition drew nearly 2,600 attendees and featured 138 exhibitors and more than 150 technical-program presentations, making the event the largest ever for conference and exhibition participation, the organization said.
Rose Ryntz, director for Advanced Materials Engineering at Visteon Corp. and a noted authority on coatings for automotive plastics, has been named the 2004 recipient of the Women's Automotive Association International's Professional Achievement Award.
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