The FSCT board of directors has accepted the resignation of Dr. Fritz Walker of Air Products & Chemicals, effective immediately.

Nearly every federal, state and local government that has regulated architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings in the past is considering further reductions.

The FSCT announced that Gordon P. Bierwagen, professor, Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials at North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D., will deliver the prestigious FSCT 2007 Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture.

ASTM International will hold a symposium on Wear and Friction Test Methods for Coatings and Surface Treatments on June 21, 2007, at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.

Packaging professionals can now pre-register for PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2007 to save 50% on entrance fees and avoid on-site lines.

L.E. (Skip) Scriven, Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, is the winner of the 2007 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.

The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry has issued a call for entries for the 2007 Polyurethane “Innovation Award” nominations and also has changed this year’s award program’s three categories to Polyurethane Chemicals, Processing Equipment and Finished Product.

A new venture, formed by a special licensing agreement signed with Rutgers University, has been launched to commercialize and market a green technology being developed by Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Materials via Immiscible Polymer Processing (AMIPP).

The 10th International Coatings for Plastics Symposium, hosted by Paint & Coatings Industry magazine, will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago, June 13-15, 2007.

According to a market report from Intertech-Pira, high-performance pigments are outperforming their lower-grade rivals.