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The Latin American Coatings Show 2009 is set to take place July 15-16, 2009, at the World Trade Center, Mexico City, Mexico.

ASTM International has introduced two new standards.

Despite difficult economic times, the major coatings shows that took place in March and April have all reported better-than-expected attendance.

The Air Resources Board of California (ARB) staff has posted its final report entitled, Development of an Improved VOC Analysis Method for Architectural Coatings.

After more than five years of research in conjunction with the University of Auckland, Orica Powder Coatings, Auckland, New Zealand, is applying to patent a recycling process that can profitably turn waste paint, powder coatings and wood into high-performance particleboard for building.

While companies in mature economies face the challenge of even maintaining sales throughout the ongoing financial crisis, continued growth in India is likely to lead to an additional million tons of coatings demand by 2013, when the total Indian paint market will be in the region of 2.7 million tons.

PRA is offering a new conference, Architectural Coatings for the Green Age, on October 27-28, 2009, in Nice, France.

Brookfield is offering two courses that provide users of Brookfield instrumentation with the hands-on knowledge to get the most out of their viscosity test methods.

RadTech, The Association for UV & EB Technology, has announced the Call for Papers for the RadTech UV & EB Technology Expo & Conference 2010, taking place, May 24-26, 2010, at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD.

Ciba has announced a new expert services seminar, Extracting Value from REACH: A Practical, Interactive Seminar, to be held June 9, 2009, at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel & Conference Center, East Rutherford, NJ.