After working with NACE International for two years on The North American Industrial (NAI) Coatings Show, the Powder Coating Institute has decided to go back to hosting a show by itself in 2012.

Organizers of the Metropolitan New York Coatings Association Symposium have issued a call for papers for the event.

The 20th Annual International Conference on Composites, Nano or Metals Engineering, ICCE-20, has issued a call for papers.

RadTech announced that it will open registration for the RadTech 2012 Technical Conference in the next several days.

Keystone Aniline announced that it has launched a new Web site, along with a new logo, look, products and brochures.

OMNOVA Solutions received a letter of commendation from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the company's achievement of a 5.8 percent reduction in energy usage for 2010. 

Eiger Machinery's name has changed to Engineered Mills, Inc. (EMI), as it expands its line of equipment for wet milling, fine grinding and dispersing of liquid and paste products.

Troy Corp. announced that the Danish Competent Authority (Danish Environmental Protection Agency – DEPA) has granted BPD (Biocide Product Directive) PT8 master authorization for four Troy wood preservative products: TWP085, TWP077, TWP555 and TWP21.

NanoMarkets will be hosting a webinar on the morning of January 5, 2012, to present findings from a soon-to-be released report, 

"Paint and Coating Testing Manual: 15th Edition of the Gardner-Sward Handbook” is now available from ASTM International.