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The University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) is offering "Basic Composition of Coatings" on September 12-16, 2005, and "Introduction to Paint Formulation" on October 10-15, 2005.

Labelexpo Europe will be held at the Brussels Expo on Sept. 21-24, marking its 25th anniversary and the biggest Labelexpo show ever staged.

Fusion UV Systems, Inc., has been granted US patent 6,908,586 B1, "Free Radical Polymerization Method Having Reduced Premature Termination, Apparatus for Performing the Method, and Product Formed Thereby."

Two new vertical powder coating systems designed for coating aluminum extrusions begin operation in the United States this year.

H. Howard Flint, II & Greg Muselman

Surface World + Paint & Powder 2005 is set for November 8-10, 2005, at the Pavilion, NEC, Birmingham, England.

The Coating Wood and Wood Composites conference, which will take place September 25-27, 2005, at the Marriott Charlotte Executive Park, Charlotte, N.C., is specifically designed to explore the changing nature of wood and wood composites, and the coatings used on these materials.

The NPCA has updated its "Guide to Training Hazardous Materials Employees Involved in Transportation (Fourth Edition)."

An SGM (Shanghai General Motors) Excelle automobile painted with BASF waterborne basecoats has rolled off the General Motors assembly line in Shanghai, marking the first use of waterborne basecoat technology in the history of the Chinese automobile industry.

The Maine legislature is considering a bill that calls for a 25-cent-per-gallon "fee" on paint sold in the state.