Coatings-industry representatives are voicing opposition to a California proposal to impose a fee on architectural paint manufacturers to help pay for the cost of management of leftover (post-consumer) paint.
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to a group of industries that mounted a court challenge to EPA air-quality rules on ozone and particulate pollution.
A California appeals court has rejected a challenge to a VOC-content limit on flat paint imposed in 1996 by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
The National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) announced that James Bradley, author of the best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers,” will be the keynote speaker at the association’s 2001 Annual Meeting.
Southern Clay Products said the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has awarded the company $78 million in a patent-infringement judgment against Süd-Chemie Inc.’s Rheologicals business unit.
PPG Industries Inc. Chairman Raymond W. LeBoeuf said the company is poised to exploit a resurgence in economic growth by “building a better mix of businesses, creating breakthrough technologies and improving our customers’ results.”
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has begun preliminary discussions of developing a photochemical reactivity-based regulation for architectural coatings.
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