Strong economic expansions in the major industrialized countries - particularly in the Americas and Asia - and recent restructuring moves keyed robust first-quarter sales and earnings improvements for nearly all major coatings-manufacturing companies.
The European Union gave final approval to a measure that places VOC limits on architectural and auto-refinish coatings, with a first round of limits scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2007.
Paint & Coatings Industry (PCI) magazine announced program plans for the Seventh International Coatings for Plastics Symposium and Exhibition, scheduled for June 7-9 at the Michigan State Management Education Center, Troy, MI.
Boasting 91 participants from 21 countries, the first European Coatings Conference (ECC) devoted to "Modern Coatings for Plastics Substrates", held on 24th and 25th November, 2003, was very much an international affair.
A Rhode Island judge recently postponed until early next year the retrial of a lead-paint lawsuit against former manufacturers of lead paint and pigments, the NPCA reported.
A new market report from Information Research Ltd. (IRL), London, estimates 2003 coatings demand in the Russian Federation at 880,000 metric tons, with domestic production accounting for 70% of the total and imports supplying the remaining 30%.
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