Ferro Corp., Morton Powder Coatings and The Valspar Corp., joined by powder-coatings application equipment supplier Nordson Corp., have teamed up to launch coatingsMart Inc.
The final report of a study on health risks posed by exposure to crystalline silica in latex paint concludes that such exposure appears to present “no demonstrable lifetime carcinogenic risk” to do-it-yourself or professional painters engaged in sanding or spray-painting activities.
Allan Gates, vice president of Administration, corporate secretary and CFO of the National Paint & Coatings Association, will retire at the end of this year.
Lawyers involved in last year’s $246-billion tobacco settlement are reported to be setting their sights on a new target: a lawsuit against the manufacturers of lead pigments formerly used in house paint.
A federal appeals court has set aside the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s significantly tightened air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, issued in 1997.
Coatings manufacturing in the current climate of technical changes and challenges can easily cause formulators and production personnel to overlook some fundamental procedures.
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