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Huntsman announced plans to proceed with the construction of a £50-million ($70 million U.S.) chloride-process titanium dioxide (TiO₂) pigment plant.

Eugene A. Praschan has been named chairman of ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications.

The NPCA is urging its member companies to participate in an EPA program aimed at publicizing the EPA’s Lead Pre-Renovation Rule, called “Lead PRE.”

The Resins and Versatics business of Royal Dutch/Shell Group has been given a new corporate name — Resolution Performance Products.

Ferro Corp., Morton Powder Coatings and The Valspar Corp., joined by powder-coatings application equipment supplier Nordson Corp., have teamed up to launch coatingsMart Inc.

The final report of a study on health risks posed by exposure to crystalline silica in latex paint concludes that such exposure appears to present “no demonstrable lifetime carcinogenic risk” to do-it-yourself or professional painters engaged in sanding or spray-painting activities.

POWDER COATING 2000 drew nearly 6,000 visitors to Indianapolis.

PPG Industries said J. Rich Alexander has been named general manager of Global Industrial Coatings.

Allan Gates, vice president of Administration, corporate secretary and CFO of the National Paint & Coatings Association, will retire at the end of this year.

National Starch and Chemical has formed a Construction Products Business Unit within its Specialty Synthetic Polymers Division.