The NPCA Architectural Coatings Model predicts real, although slowing, growth in architectural coatings in 2006. The housing market is cooling slightly, whereas the construction market is expected to remain steady in the non-residential sector.
The office of the CEO at BNP Media has announced that Donna Campbell, publisher of PCI magazine, has also been named publisher of Industrial Paint & Powder (IPP) magazine. Kevin Biller will be the new editor.
The Third Congress and International Exhibition of Paints and Inks: REPORT 2006 will take place September 6-8, 2006, at the Sheraton Hotel Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The NPCA reports that the Northeast Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) announced a new initiative targeting, among others, reducing volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from paint and coatings in the OTC region.
Now in its ninth year, this magazine's Coatings for Plastics symposium, to be held June 5-7, 2006, at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy, Mich., is one of the few dedicated entirely to this important topic.