Now in its ninth year, the Coatings for Plastics Symposium, organized under the auspices of PCI magazine, is one of the few symposiums dedicated entirely to this subject.

Joseph F. Indihar, age 62, of Richmond, Va., died November 1, 2005.

RadTech, the association for UV and EB technology, welcomes new board members.

PPG Industries has begun construction of a facility in Taiwan that will apply the company's electrocoat and dip-spin coatings to fasteners and small parts.

In a move that will aid industry, on Dec. 13, 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed the final rule deleting methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) as a Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

The Paint Product Stewardship Initiative (PPSI) will hold its second full-dialogue meeting in Sarasota, Fla., on May 3-4, 2006, in conjunction with Florida's annual Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)/Small Quantity Generator (SQG) conference.

Information Research (IRL) has recently published a statistical study that highlights the best growth opportunities for paint exporters in "The World's Fastest-Growing Paint Export Markets." About half of these markets are demonstrating value growth, which is trailing volume growth, while the other half are proving much more valuable in purely commercial terms.

Maroon Inc. will be representing Hydrite Chemical Company's recently acquired line of Patcote® defoamers.

Worldwide holographic and specialty coated-film manufacturer, CFC International, Inc., has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Quad-C Management, Inc., a private equity firm.

Akzo Nobel has made major progress with its Chemicals divestment program. Two deals have been agreed upon as part of the strategic realignment of the portfolio.