The 2009 Northwest Coatings Fest will be held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on May 4-6, 2009, at the Laurel Point Inn.

Atlas Material Testing Technology has announced the 2009 dates for its Weather-Ometer workshops and Fundamentals of Weathering seminars.

The Missouri S&T Coatings Institute is offering a new short course designed for the new coatings professional in areas such as sales, marketing or production.

Due to the success of Anton Paar USA’s Rheology Seminar with Thomas Mezger, a seminar series for 2009 has been organized.

Chemsultants International is offering a new workshop, the Introduction to PSA Technology and Testing, to provide an introductory technical education on PSA product technology and testing.

Christian Decker, Director of Research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Strasbourg, France, will receive the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2009.

NACE International and the NACE Foundation have opened a $2.4 million facility that is the nation’s first freestanding training center dedicated exclusively to advancing corrosion education.

RadTech, the Association for UV and EB technology, has a new President and Board members.

Paint Research Association (PRA) and Production Engineering Research Association (Pera) have merged both organizations.

Information Research (IRL) has announced the publication of a report entirely dedicated to the Central American and Caribbean paint markets. The report, “A Profile of the Central American and Caribbean Paint Industry,” provides a unique insight into the factors driving the markets in these countries and islands, of which 16 are covered in total.