Philip L. Pesola, executive vice president of Delta Laboratories, Inc., Ocala, Fla., received the Industry Achievement Award during the National Paint & Coatings Association's (NPCA) 2005 Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Oct. 23-25.
Two leading manufacturers of product measurement and quality control equipment - EGS Gauging Inc. of Billerica, Mass., and NDC Infrared Engineering, Inc., of Irwindale, Calif. - have been awarded funding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop new technologies that reduce industry's reliance on radioactive isotopes.
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has announced that FSCT Past-President Thomas E. Hill, president and CEO of The Coatings Alliance, has been named the 2005 recipient of the organization's highest honor - the George Baugh Heckel Award.
From traditional to hip, luxurious to retro, conservative to trendy, the color palette for 2006 has something for everyone, says leading Canadian architectural paint brand PARA Paints.
According to a new study by Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, Asian coatings consumption surged to 7.9 MM metric tons with a sales value of $20.5 billion in 2004.
At its spring meeting, the FSCT board of directors approved, at first reading, amendments to its bylaws that would change the basic structure of the organization's governing bodies.
The National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA) is taking orders for its leading industry market study, "U.S. Paint & Coatings Market Analysis (2004-2009)."