On Oct. 30, during the Honors Luncheon of its 119th Annual Meeting in Nashville, the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA), Washington, presented Edward J. Donnelly Jr., group vice president for DuPont Coatings & Color Technologies, with the George Baugh Heckel Award. This award is the association's highest honor.
The Coatings Summit, a global strategy and networking event, attracts senior managers from the coatings industry and its partners, from all economic regions and market segments.
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has scheduled the first workshop to discuss amending the ARB's Suggested Control Measure (SCM) for architectural coatings.
Thermo Electron Corp., Philadelphia, manufacturer of analytical instrumentation and laboratory informatics solutions, has scheduled two free seminars for LIMS users and prospective customers in Sweden and Norway.
Irfab Chemical Consultants, Brussels, Belgium, has studied the broader European Powder Coatings market, examining the changing market dynamics from various perspectives at this critical stage in its evolution.
In the final keynote address at PACK EXPO International 2006, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., released a packaging scorecard to continue its commitment of reducing packaging across its global supply chain by 5 percent by 2013, helping Wal-Mart and its suppliers improve packaging and conserve resources.
The 10th International Coatings for Plastics Symposium will explore emerging trends in the coatings for plastics industry and define those technologies that will have an impact on the industry's future.
On November 16-17, 2006, the California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will consider regulatory revisions that will clarify that certain types of "Thermal Spraying" are considered a metal-coating activity covered by the AB 2588 Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Program.
On November 16, 2006, the FSCT continues its series of Virtual Learning Conferences with a program on "Becoming a Preferred Supplier in the 21st Century: How and Why Sales Will Take a Leadership Role."