The Missouri University of Science and Technology will be offering Basic Composition of Coatings March 28-April 1, 2011.

The 19th International Conference on Composites (ICCE-19) is set to take place July 24-30, 2011, in Shanghai, China.

RadTech, The Association for UV and EB Technology, has announced a move to Silicon Valley for its fourth biannual uv.eb West conference, March 8-9, 2011.

California is the second state in the United States to have a paint management program financed and operated by the private sector.

According to a study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, the global consumption of formulated adhesives was 16.6 billion pounds in 2009, worth $20.6 billion.

The Southern Society for Coatings Technology (SSCT) held its 74th Annual Meeting and Technology Conference at the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort on September 26-29, 2010.

BWAY Holding Co., a North American supplier of rigid containers, has acquired Plastican Inc.

Univar Inc., a global chemical distributor, and Basic Chemical Solutions L.L.C. (BCS), a global distributor and trader of commodity chemicals, have signed a definitive agreement.

PPG Industries has reached an agreement to acquire Bairun, a privately held packaging coatings company in Foshan, China.

Taminco and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC) have reached an agreement for Taminco to acquire a 50-percent share of Ling Tian, MGC’s methylamines- and derivatives-producing facility in Nanjing, China.