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The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry has issued a call for entries for the 2007 Polyurethane “Innovation Award” nominations and also has changed this year’s award program’s three categories to Polyurethane Chemicals, Processing Equipment and Finished Product.

A new venture, formed by a special licensing agreement signed with Rutgers University, has been launched to commercialize and market a green technology being developed by Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Materials via Immiscible Polymer Processing (AMIPP).

The 10th International Coatings for Plastics Symposium, hosted by Paint & Coatings Industry magazine, will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago, June 13-15, 2007.

According to a market report from Intertech-Pira, high-performance pigments are outperforming their lower-grade rivals.

Cytec’s Peter Weissman accepted the sixth annual RadTech President’s Award at the RadTech Winter meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

The Friends of Adam Smith (FOAS) announced the winners of the 2007 Adam Smith Awards.

RadTech-The Association for UV and EB Technology welcomes a new president and board members. Petra L’Abbe, PPG Industries, assumes the presidency for a two-year term.

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is pleased with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) budget request for fiscal year 2008 of $490.3 million and intends to support it in its efforts to achieve funding levels from Congress.

Natural polymer demand is expected to grow 5.9 percent annually to $3.6 billion in 2010, reaching 1.7 billion pounds.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has announced its newly elected officers, committee chair people and board members.