Patrick Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of Bayer MaterialScience AG, will present the keynote address for UTECH Europe 2009, an international conference and exhibition that will take place March 31-April 2, 2009, at the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council has issued a call for entries for the 2008 Polyurethane Innovation Award nominations.
The American Filtration & Separations Society is providing a two-track program with its fall conference, to be held Sept. 22-25, 2008, in Charlotte, NC.
Eurocoat 2008, an exhibition and technical and scientific conference dedicated to the paint, varnish, printing ink, glue and adhesive industries, will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2008, at the Lyon Eurexpo in Lyon, France.
Ford scientists are embracing the burgeoning field of nanotechnology in developing paints, plastics, light metals and catalysts that allow the company to reduce vehicle weight and improve fuel economy without sacrificing quality.
DeVilbiss, Binks, ITW Industrial Finishing, and the Forest and Wood Products Institute at Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) have teamed up to present a Spray Finishing Technology workshop at the college’s Robert D. Wetmore Technology Center.
The Army is using a new coating system to paint aircraft and other equipment that performs better than the standard system and is safer to human health and the environment.
Consumption in Asia of seven leading coatings additives was 655 million lbs., worth $1.5 billion, according to the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney.