BASF Coatings’ international design team has released its global trend report. In the report, color experts from Asia, North America and Europe provide a forecast of the automotive colors of the future.
Organizers of The Waterborne Symposium have issued a call for papers, welcoming papers pertaining to new and emerging technologies related to materials, processes, production, characterization, application and markets in the field of surface coatings.
According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Interior Paint Satisfaction StudySM, do-it-yourselfers are notably more satisfied with interior paint brands in 2011 compared with 2010.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a new Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB) that addresses exposure limits to ultrafine titanium dioxide. Titanium dioxide is produced and used in the workplace in varying particle-size fractions, including fine and ultrafine sizes.
According to the latest research data from China Chemicals Market, a Chinese consulting company based in Guangzhou, China, the total capacity of China’s titanium dioxide (TiO2) represents approximately 30 percent of world capacity.