William "Bill" Wright, 72, former research director for Dudick, Inc., and a polymer chemist, passed away August 21, 2006, in Painesville, Ohio, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Perceptions regarding who is primarily responsible for innovation have expanded from the confines of the laboratory to include all employees of a company, according to a study of a cross-section of managers and professionals in manufacturing companies in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), Boston, and Green Seal, Inc., Washington, announced the completion of a national Green Seal environmental standard for recycled-content latex paint.
The new ASTM Standards on Materials and Environmental Microbiology, Fourth Edition, includes all ASTM standards on this topic on one convenient CD-ROM.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, has analyzed the environmental performance of major U.S. manufacturing and service sectors, including paint and coatings, in its Second Edition of the Sector Strategies Performance Report, published this year.
NPCA has made available on its website two predictive models to estimate the changes in demand for architectural and industrial coatings in the United States.
The National Paint and Coatings Association's 119th Annual Meeting and Industry Leadership Conference will be held October 29-31, 2006, in Nashville, Tenn., at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
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