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At the end of each year I like to look back at all of the events that made news headlines over the previous 12 months. I thought it might be fun to do the same with the coatings industry, so here is a brief review of what happened this year.

This is our annual Emerging Technologies issue, in which we feature news items, articles and profiles of some of our industry’s newest and most innovative research.

Shale gas was a hot topic at this year’s CTT event.

Coatings can be found among the 800-year-old primitive dwellings at Mesa Verde.

BYK USA’s expanded facility in Wallingford, CT, will more than double manufacturing capacity.

This year, we see steady growth in the industry, as well as signs of possible movement among the world’s top manufacturers.

The DSCT’s annual FOCUS conference drilled down into the topic of innovation.

This Guest Viewpoint by Publisher Donna Campbell reviews the annual WACKER press conference in Germany.

 This April issue of PCI is hot off the press for the American Coatings Show and Conference in Atlanta. 

 This new coating traps hydrocarbons, so that when car engines are turned on, those hydrocarbons can release back into the combustion chamber, allowing OEMs to reduce evaporative emissions by 99.9%.