The UK’s Technology Strategy Board has awarded £0.5 million in funding to a consortium that will participate in a two-year collaborative research project to develop new, sustainable high-performance marine-fouling-control coatings.
The President of the Color Pigments Manufacturers Association Inc. (CPMA), J. Lawrence (Larry) Robinson, is retiring at the end of June after 38 years with the association.
After completing installation of a new R&D pilot plant in December, Emerald Polymer Additives and Nitriles, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, appointed Brian Corrigan as Nitriles Account Manager to accelerate growth of the group’s Nychem™ latex emulsions line.
Micronized wax additives supplier Micro Powders Inc. has hired Mark Corrigan as the company’s Regional Sales Manager for its industrial products division based out of Tarrytown, NY.
Elastomeric roof coatings manufacturer National Coatings Corp. (NCC) announced that Collin G. Qualls has joined the company as the new District Sales Manager serving the Gulf – Southeast region.
During this years’ European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) General Assembly, members approved the preliminary board decisions and elected Jean Caron and Michel Ollivier into the EMVA Board of Directors.
Steve Rosenberg, Senior Vice President at Sika Corp., and Forest Driggs, Vice President at Franklin International, have joined The Adhesive and Sealant Council’s (ASC) Board of Directors.
The American Coatings Association (ACA) is seeking nominations for the Joseph J. Mattiello Lecture Award, to be presented at its CoatingsTech Conference, March 16-18, 2015, in New Orleans.
The PPG Industries Foundation donated $65,000 for educational programs that aim to teach girls about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and encourage them to pursue careers in related fields.