Lawyers involved in last year’s $246-billion tobacco settlement are reported to be setting their sights on a new target: a lawsuit against the manufacturers of lead pigments formerly used in house paint.
A federal appeals court has set aside the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s significantly tightened air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, issued in 1997.
Coatings manufacturing in the current climate of technical changes and challenges can easily cause formulators and production personnel to overlook some fundamental procedures.
PPG Industries announced an agreement to acquire ICI plc’s refinish-coatings, industrial coatings and Grow Automotive solvents and thinners businesses for approximately $684 million (U.S.).
VOC limits on architectural coatings in Southern California are headed for unprecedented, ultralow levels in the next several years following action taken by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
A preview of issues facing manufacturers in the year 2000 and beyond highlighted a varied technical program at the Detroit Society for Coatings Technology’s recent annual FOCUS Conference.
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