Behr Process Corp. has been named a "Partner of the Year" by Home Depot for the home-center chain's paint department.

Akzo Nobel said it may cut more jobs in its coatings and pharmaceutical businesses in addition to previously announced reductions, according to news reports in Europe.

A Maryland judge has effectively dismissed the remaining case in a lawsuit filed by the state of Maryland and initiated by prominent Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos against former manufacturers of lead-based paint and pigments, the National Paint & Coatings Association reported.

A recently enacted VOC rule on architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings in Delaware will "effectively ban" numerous coatings products manufactured for sale in the state.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals announced that the company's quinacridone pigments currently sold in the United States under the MONASTRAL brand name will be marketed as CINQUASIA pigments.

DuPont Titanium Technologies announced several key management and marketing appointments following the restructuring of the business into two distinct focus areas - the "core" TiO2 business and "business extensions." DuPont Titanium Technologies is the world's largest TiO2 producer.

EM Industries Inc. announced a change in the business's name to EMD Chemicals Inc., effective Jan. 1.

Reichhold Inc. said it is expanding production of glycidyl methacrylate acrylic (GMA) resins by 4 million lbs. per year at the company's facility in Vienna, with the added capacity expected to become operational in the second quarter of 2003.

Intertech announced plans for its ninth international colorants conference, "High Performance & Functional Pigments 2003," scheduled for April 28-30, at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Buckhead Hotel, Atlanta.

Eastman Chemical Co. announced plans to move the coatings-technology organization currently located at the company's Carpentersville, IL, facility.