The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) issued an invitation for nominations for the 2005 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings, a prize that recognizes "outstanding individual achievements and noteworthy contributions to coatings science, technology and engineering."
Eastern Michigan University's Coatings Research Institute issued a call for papers for the institute's "Smart Coatings 2005" Symposium, scheduled for Feb. 2-4, 2005, in Orlando, FL.
Robert Kagan, a noted authority on the dynamics of power in the post-Cold War world, will deliver the keynote address at the NPCA's 2004 Annual Meeting, scheduled for Oct. 24-26 in Chicago, the association announced.
The NPCA announced that its 2004 Safety Award Program will accept entries only by means of the association's electronic entry form, located at www.paint.org/member/safety/.
RadTech International North America's recent "e|5 2004" conference and exhibition drew nearly 2,600 attendees and featured 138 exhibitors and more than 150 technical-program presentations, making the event the largest ever for conference and exhibition participation, the organization said.
Rose Ryntz, director for Advanced Materials Engineering at Visteon Corp. and a noted authority on coatings for automotive plastics, has been named the 2004 recipient of the Women's Automotive Association International's Professional Achievement Award.
The recent Colorizer Associates Inc. annual general meeting in San Francisco offered reports on new developments in the group's Colorizer 1320 Palette, including new color-tool concepts and displays.
The recent annual meeting of the Southern Society for Coatings Technology featured a varied technical program, beginning with a keynote address by Loren Hill on "Test Methods and Property/Property Relationships."
The NPCA issued an alert to coatings manufacturers on "aggressive compliance activity" initiated by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) involving the district's Rule 1113 on architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings.
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