World demand for architectural paints is forecast to rise 3.7 percent per year through 2009 to 19.8 million metric tons, valued at $39.3 billion.

Recent deaths:

Joseph F. Indihar Helped Pioneer Auto Clearcoats

CHEMCENTRAL's Jon D. Stanley

The NPCA reports that the Northeast Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) announced a new initiative targeting, among others, reducing volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from paint and coatings in the OTC region.

Now in its ninth year, this magazine's Coatings for Plastics symposium, to be held June 5-7, 2006, at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy, Mich., is one of the few dedicated entirely to this important topic.

The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology has selected Jonathan W. Martin, group leader of the Polymeric Materials Group within the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST, to deliver the Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture during the organization's 84th Annual Meeting.

please note that DuPont was the first company to commercialize fluorinated additive technology, as reported by PCI in September 1999.

The pivotal role of antimicrobial agents in ensuring in-can and dry-film preservation of paints, coatings and adhesives (PCA) demands that manufacturers have an up-to-date picture of the antimicrobial agents (AMA) offered in the European market.

On Jan. 10, 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed requirements to minimize the introduction of lead hazards resulting from the disturbance of lead-based paint during renovation, repair and painting activities in most housing built before 1978 (71 FR 1588).

Irfab Chemical Consultants has arrived at some striking conclusions in its North American study of powder coatings.

The UMR Coatings Institute at the University of Missouri-Rolla is offering a short course designed for the new coatings person in areas such as sales, marketing or production.