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ASTM International, the voluntary standards development organization, recently announced the launch of a new Internet-based system designed to initiate, develop and track draft standards and revisions before and during their balloting stage.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is seeking to enact very low VOC limits on additional types of architectural coatings in a proposal that could be approved by the district’s governing board as soon as Nov. 5.
The NPCA announced that its comprehensive industry market study, “U.S. Paint & Coatings Analysis (2002-2007),” is scheduled for publication in October.
The U.S. market for coatings additives is forecast to expand at an average annual rate of 2.5% and reach more than $800 million by 2007, a report from a market research firm concludes.
BASF and Q-Panel Lab Products have developed an accelerated Florida acid-etch test method that is reported to reduce the time required to test a coating’s resistance to acid rain by a factor of 13 to1.
Lawsuits against former suppliers of lead paint and pigments were dismissed in Milwaukee and Santa Clara County, CA, in the latest legal triumphs for the industry in the lead-paint litigation arena.