The Southern Society of Coatings Technology Annual Meeting, "Surviving the Storms of Change," will be held on April 17-20, 2005, at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, in Biloxi, Miss.

The CHEMARK Consulting Group assisted Quest Specialty Chemicals during its recent acquisition of the RAABE Corp., a Milwaukee-based company.

Steve Bethke, president & CEO of Ideal Manufacturing & Sales Corp., announced that a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, Crystal City, LLC, acquired the assets of Neupak, Inc., from the American Bank of St. Paul, Minn., in December.

Clarke Boyce passed away suddenly at the age of 78. Mr. Boyce was a member of the FSCT and the Toronto Society for some 53 years and was continuously involved in their activities.

RAHN has just extended its partnership with Miwon Commercial Co., Ltd., South Korea, to promote a broader line of specialty monomers.

Shamrock Technologies, Inc., has consolidated and expanded its corporate offices, laboratories and manufacturing facilities in the historic Ironbound Section of Newark, N.J., located at Foot of Pacific Street.

The staff and facilities of a marine paint-testing center in Southeastern India affiliated with U.S.-based research and development company Poseidon Ocean Sciences, Inc., survived the deadly tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004.

On December 31, 2004, ownership of Akzo Nobel Coating Resins officially transferred to Nuplex Industries Ltd. of New Zealand.

United Mineral & Chemical Corporation (UMC) has appointed Specialty Chemical Sales, Cleveland, as its sales agent in Ohio, Michigan, Northwest Kentucky, West Virginia, Southern Indiana and parts of Western Pennsylvania.

RadTech EUROPE 2005, an exhibition and conference on UV/EB curing, is scheduled for Oct. 18-20, 2005, at the International Convention Centre in Barcelona, Spain.