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The Dow Chemical Co. completed its $7.3-billion acquisition of Union Carbide Corp.

The cities of San Francisco and Oakland have joined a class-action lawsuit against former lead-paint and lead-pigment manufacturers following a California court’s rejection of most of the claims made in an earlier suit filed by Santa Clara County.

Nürnberg, Germany, becomes the world’s largest hub of the coatings industry with a range of products, information and events never seen before at the sixth European Coatings Show, scheduled for April 3–5.

Don’t expect to see a radical retreat from existing environmental policies at the federal level following George W. Bush’s inauguration as president.

The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Societies for Coatings Technology announced plans for the groups’ 44th annual Technical Symposium and exhibition.

The Color Pigments Manufacturers Association (CPMA) has announced plans for the next in a series of color-pigments conferences, scheduled for April 17-19 in Chicago.

M.A.B. Paints has named James E. Renshaw general manager/vice president of sales.

Joseph V. Koleske has received the ASTM Charles B. Dudley Medal Award for his work in editing the Paint and Coating Testing Manual, Fourteenth Edition of the Gardner-Sward Handbook.

Eastman Chemical Co. announced an agreement with Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical Corp. of China.

RPM Inc. announced that Michael E. Steele has been named RPM vice president and chief financial officer.