The Muralo Co. Inc. announced that it has filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, an action the company said would allow it to resolve the asbestos liabilities of its Synkoloid Division.
A group of public and private organizations announced plans for the Third International Symposium on Service Life Prediction, "Challenging the Status Quo," scheduled for Feb. 1-6, 2004, in Sedona, AZ.
Major architectural-coatings manufacturers are facing the possibility of millions of dollars in additional costs for selling products in California, according to preliminary estimates related to a proposed fee program based on emissions of VOCs from those coatings.
Masco Corp. announced that courts in California and Washington have given final approval to settlements that are expected to conclude all class-action lawsuits pending in the United States against Masco and its Behr Process Corp. subsidiary related to exterior wood-coating products formerly manufactured by Behr.
Akzo Nobel, the world's biggest coatings manufacturer, will seek to divest businesses worth 500 million euros as part of an overall strategy to improve financial results.
ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications has issued an invitation to users of color specifications to participate in the development of a standard related to how a supplier and customer set a color specification for a material.
The ChemQuest Group Inc. and Robert J. Koch Associates L.L.C. announced the launch of a joint venture that the companies said will expand the range of business-consulting services offered by The ChemQuest Group.
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