SSPC 2002, the Industrial Protective Coatings Conference and Exhibit, is scheduled for Nov. 3-6 in Tampa, FL.

PPG Industries Inc.'s Industrial Coatings Division has promoted Bradley M. Bridgham to National Sales director of Industrial Finishes.

RPM Inc. said it will seek shareholder approval of a plan to change its place of incorporation from Ohio to Delaware during the company's annual shareholders meeting.

North Dakota State University has appointed Richard R. Roesler, Applications chemist in Bayer Corp.'s Coatings and Colorants Division, adjunct professor of the university's Department of Polymers and Coatings.

- ICI Paints has appointed Larry Porcellato, the company's chief operating officer, CEO of ICI Paints' North American Operations.

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BASF Coatings introduced the BASF Antique Color Chip CD-ROM, offering digital images of more than 5,700 color chips for American automobile models dated 1936 to 1972.

In a sharply worded criticism of the U.S. EPA, the National Paint & Coatings Association has urged the agency to reconsider a number of provisions in the recently issued National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Miscellaneous Organic processes