AkzoNobel is investing almost €10 million to enhance its Felling, UK, site. A fire-protection testing laboratory and a polymer lab for powder coatings are being added to the existing R&D infrastructure at the site.
The Polymers and Coatings program at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, will offer a Polymers and Coatings Introductory Short Course during the week of July 19-23, 2010.
Brookfield is offering two courses for users of Brookfield instrumentation. These day-long training sessions give attendees the know-how to verify and improve upon the data required for meaningful research and development and successful quality-control testing.
The majority of private U.S. companies are optimistic about the U.S. economy in 2010, according to a global survey of 7,400 private firms in 36 countries.