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The ASTM Committee G03 on Weathering and Durability has announced its January 22-24, 2006, meeting at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

The Cleveland Society for Coatings Technology (CSCT) and the Cleveland Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) have completed their merger to form the Cleveland Coatings Society.

The PRA Coatings Technology Centre, UK, has announced two conferences of interest to coatings manufacturers and formulators.

ELECTROCOAT 2006, a biennial conference, serves the needs of those involved in electrocoating, from the line operator to the president/owner.

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William Wilson, 88, former vice president of Van Horn Metz Co., Conshohocken, Pa., passed away in Baltimore on August 16.

Carl Archer, a 36-year veteran of the coatings industry and a territory sales manager for ECKART America, has passed away.

Philip L. Pesola, executive vice president of Delta Laboratories, Inc., Ocala, Fla., received the Industry Achievement Award during the National Paint & Coatings Association's (NPCA) 2005 Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Oct. 23-25.

Two leading manufacturers of product measurement and quality control equipment - EGS Gauging Inc. of Billerica, Mass., and NDC Infrared Engineering, Inc., of Irwindale, Calif. - have been awarded funding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop new technologies that reduce industry's reliance on radioactive isotopes.

The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has announced that FSCT Past-President Thomas E. Hill, president and CEO of The Coatings Alliance, has been named the 2005 recipient of the organization's highest honor - the George Baugh Heckel Award.