The EPA has issued a final rule setting emission limits for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) generated by coating processes for wood building products, the NPCA reported. The regulation will affect 215 emissions sources and is designed to reduce emissions from such processes by 63%.
The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed the deletion of the solvent methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) from the agency's list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), and is accepting written comments on the proposal through Aug. 28.
Cytec Industries Inc. announced agreements with Mitsui Chemicals Inc. in which Cytec will acquire 100% of the two companies' ownership interests in the Mitsui-Cytec Ltd. joint venture.
A team of 26 employees at BASF's coatings technical-support center in Whitehouse, OH, are working to attract bluebirds and other wildlife to the facility's 20-acre site, in partnership with the Wildlife Habitat Council's "Wildlife at Work" program.
Huron Capital Partners L.L.C., a Detroit-based private equity firm, announced the launch of a partnership with industry executives Frederick A. Quinn and Carol E. Bramson with the objective of acquiring companies in the coatings, adhesives, polymers, and thermoplastics industries.
ICI Paints said an annual charity golf tournament sponsored by the company raised nearly $200,000 for City of Hope, a biomedical research, treatment and educational institution dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
The University of Southern Mississippi's School of Polymers and High-Performance Materials issued a call for papers for the 31st International Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium, scheduled for Feb. 18-20, 2004, in New Orleans.
Dow Corning Corp., Midland, MI, and Wacker Chemie GmbH, Munich, announced plans to launch a joint venture in Asia to manufacture silicone intermediates and fumed silica for various industrial and consumer markets.