MeadWestvaco Corporation's Specialty Chemicals Division plans to form a manufacturing and marketing joint venture company with Fujian Shaxian Songchuan Chemical Industry (SSCI).

EMB Technology has commissioned the world's first EMB pilot machine for powder coating for serial production of powder-coated rolls of flexible metal substrates.

At the official Coatings Societies International (CSI) meeting on July 7 in Durham, England, a new logo was adopted, reflecting the global connection of its sister organizations.

Irfab's study on the volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from industrial paint application in Europe reveals that significant reduction has successfully been achieved in restricted market segments such as automotive OEM, coil coating and metal packaging.

The Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API) is conducting an End-Use Market Study of the Polyurethanes Industry in NAFTA (United States, Canada and Mexico) for 2004.

DuPont and Hendrick Motorsports extended DuPont's longstanding sponsorship of the #24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.

World demand for biocides is projected to increase 5.4 percent per year to $6.9 billion in 2009.

Majemac Enterprises has been named by Kerr McGee Chemical LLC as the distributor for titanium dioxide pigments in the Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina territory.

The Chicago Society of Coatings Technology announces SYMCO 2005, a one-day educational seminar on paint and coatings technology with a mini-exposition.

ALTANA Chemie AG, the Specialty Chemicals division of ALTANA AG, has signed an agreement to acquire the ECKART GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Furth, Germany.