RadTech International North America announced program plans for uv.eb WEST 2005, a new, two-day conference and table-top exhibition scheduled for Feb. 10-11, 2005, in Los Angeles.
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology announced the nomination of Rose A. Ryntz, Visteon Corp., for election as president-elect of the organization for 2004-2005.
Bayer AG announced a name change of Bayer Polymers L.L.C. to Bayer MaterialScience L.L.C., an action taken in response to a Bayer Group reorganization announced in November 2003.
Akzo Nobel Coatings' Industrial Finishes business announced the formal opening of two new multi-purpose coatings-manufacturing sites in China, at locations near Beijing and Shanghai.
Elementis plc completed the acquisition of Sasol Servo B.V. (Servo), a Netherlands-based specialty chemical manufacturer and a supplier of coatings additives.
The Valspar Corp. and QUIKRETE, a major producer of concrete products, announced a strategic alliance to manufacture and market a line of premium concrete coatings that the companies said would make a market debut in early 2005.
Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher of The Rothenberg Political Report, will deliver the final general-session address at the NPCA's 2004 Annual Meeting, scheduled for Oct. 24-26 in Chicago.
Pantheon Chemical Co. said the Science and Engineering Laboratories at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, UT, have been named a recipient of the EPA Regional Administrative Award for Environmental Excellence as a result of the Air Force base's action in eliminating the use of chromated conversion coatings for aircraft-finishing operations.
The fortunes of major coatings manufacturers continued to improve in the second quarter, building on the momentum of late 2003 and the first quarter of 2004.