Former Congressman John Kasich, who as chairman of the House Budget Committee was the chief architect of the plan that balanced the federal budget for the first time in decades, will be the keynote speaker at the National Paint & Coatings Association's 2003 Annual Meeting.
Huntsman Corp. announced that MatlinPatterson Global Opportunity Partners completed a restructuring of Vantico and the transfer of the business to HMP Equity Holdings, MatlinPatterson's partnership with Huntsman L.L.C.
The NPCA waged a successful campaign to derail a proposal to impose a 20 cents-per-gallon tax on architectural paint in Maine, designed to help fund household hazardous waste programs.
Bran+Luebbe, Lightnin and Waukesha Cherry-Burrell have merged to create a new company, SPX Process Equipment, a supplier of process equipment and systems based in Delavan, WI.
The Los Angeles Society for Coatings Technology announced plans for the society's first annual LASCT Technical Conference and exhibition, scheduled for Oct. 1-2 at the Sequoia Conference Center, Buena Park, CA.
X-Rite Inc. has acquired the assets of Monaco Systems, a Massachusetts-based supplier of color-management software for the graphic-arts and photo markets, in a cash and stock transaction totaling $10.6 million.
The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering issued an invitation for nominations for the division's 2004 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.
Final program plans were announced for COATING 2003, the biennial industrial-finishing conference and exhibition scheduled for Oct. 28-30 in Indianapolis.
Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Michael A. Silverstein has scheduled the state's second public-nuisance lawsuit against former suppliers of lead paint and pigments for the week of April 5, 2004.
The Nova Paint Club, an international organization that encourages the sharing of technical and other expertise among independent paint companies around the world, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gala dinner on May 18 at a location near Stuttgart, Germany.