Cytec’s Peter Weissman accepted the sixth annual RadTech President’s Award at the RadTech Winter meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

The Friends of Adam Smith (FOAS) announced the winners of the 2007 Adam Smith Awards.

RadTech-The Association for UV and EB Technology welcomes a new president and board members. Petra L’Abbe, PPG Industries, assumes the presidency for a two-year term.

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is pleased with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) budget request for fiscal year 2008 of $490.3 million and intends to support it in its efforts to achieve funding levels from Congress.

Natural polymer demand is expected to grow 5.9 percent annually to $3.6 billion in 2010, reaching 1.7 billion pounds.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has announced its newly elected officers, committee chair people and board members.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API) has become the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry of the ACC.

John Cech, general manager, CVC Specialty Chemicals, Inc., has recently been appointed to serve as president of the Thermoset Resin Formulators Association (TRFA).

The FSCT board of directors regretfully announced the resignation of Robert F. Ziegler as executive director of the FSCT.

The Chinese market for synthetic latex polymers is expected to grow at a higher rate than in North America and Europe, even in worst-case scenario forecasts for the next 10 years, according to a recently published study by Kline & Company.