The British Coatings Federation (BCF) and the China National Coatings Industry Association (CNCIA) signed a long-term training agreement on March 27 in Puyang, China, at the 2019 China Coatings Summit.
NACE International and the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC), two non-profit professional associations in the field of corrosion and coating standards, training, and certification, have initiated exploratory discussions about synergistic opportunities that may exist between the two organizations.
The coatings industry is urging government to avoid a no-deal Brexit at all costs, given the significant ramifications for the sector, according to the British Coatings Federation.
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President Eric R. Byer issued a statement expressing the association's disappointment in the U.S. Trade Representative's announced decision to remove India and Turkey from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
Brown University researchers have shown a way to use graphene oxide (GO) to add some backbone to hydrogel materials made from alginate, a natural material derived from seaweed that’s currently used in a variety of biomedical applications.
Collaboration between material scientists, biologists and chemists could advance the development of self-assembling nanomaterials, called nanoarchitectonics, argues a review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has collaborated on a project to advance the development of a low-cost, self-cleaning coating technology for industrial filter membranes.
The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) is seeking nominations for the 2020 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.
Dr. Ray Fernando of the Department of Chemical and Biochemistry at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, will receive the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2019.