TRENTON, N.J. - Acting Governor Richard J. Codey announced that New Jersey is the first state in the nation to require enforceable plant-security practices for its 140 chemical facilities to provide the public and workers greater protection from potential terrorist acts.

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute (MII) at Virginia Tech is offering a "Review of Advances in Research at Emerging Frontiers" on April 10-12, 2006, at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, Blacksburg, Va.

TROY, Mich. - Sponsorships are invited for PCI Magazine's Symposium on Coatings for Plastics.

PORTLAND, Maine - Intertech-Pira has introduced two major primary-research market reports on titanium dioxide (TiO2) in two vital countries, China and India.

HAMPTON, Middlesex, U.K. - The PRA Coatings Technology Centre has announced the following conferences for the upcoming year:

GLENDALE, Calif. - PPG Aerospace - PRC-DeSoto has qualified its chromate-free, high-solids epoxy aerospace primer at Boeing for use on the composite fuel tank of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

BRAMPTON, Ontario - Leading Canadian architectural paint brand PARA Paints has announced the launch of a new way to showcase paint colors - round paint chips.

WILMETTE, Ill. - Keim-Additec Surface USA, LLC, has selected several companies as technical sales representatives for its wax product lines:

NAPLES, Fla. - In 2005, Industrial Nanotech, Inc., a company that specializes in nanotechnology innovation and product development, penetrated the industrial coatings market and drew the attention of many large U.S. and international companies.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Accenture and H.B. Fuller Company recently signed a 10-year outsourcing contract under which Accenture will provide H.B. Fuller with information technology, application management and development services.