The EPA formally issued major changes to clean air rules for utilities, refineries and manufacturers in an action supported by industry groups including the NPCA.
The Solvay Group announced the launch of a new company as a result of the integration of its fluoropolymers activities with those of Ausimont, which was acquired by Solvay in May of 2002.
The NPCA issued a special alert advising coatings manufacturers about potential new requirements involving lead-dust exposure surface-preparation labeling and consumer-education programs as part of an initiative announced in October 2002 by a group of 27 state attorneys general.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District's re-adoption of stringent VOC-content limits on a number of architectural and industrial maintenance coatings categories was quickly met with a new court challenge from the NPCA.
RadTech International North America's Automotive Focus Group announced the launch of a team to promote potential uses of UV-cure technology in the automotive-refinish industry.
The RadTech Europe Association and Vincentz Verlag announced plans for the RadTech Europe 2003
Conference and Exhibition, scheduled for Nov. 3-5, 2003, in Berlin.
In the December 2002 issue, a product name was inadvertently misspelled. EMD Chemicals Inc., formerly EM Industries Inc., is
a producer of Iriodin, for use in plastics, ink and coatings. PCI regrets the error.
A Maryland judge has effectively dismissed the remaining case in a lawsuit filed by the state of Maryland and
initiated by prominent Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos against former manufacturers of lead-based paint and pigments, the
National Paint & Coatings Association reported.
A recently enacted VOC rule on architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings in Delaware will
"effectively ban" numerous coatings products manufactured for sale in the state.
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