ICI plc has agreed to delay the sale of its 30% stake in the Huntsman International joint venture until 2003 due to financing problems encountered by venture partner Huntsman Corp.
The action, which reflects the recommendations of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), will require a VOC limit of 100 grams per liter (g/L) for flat paints used in the San Francisco Bay Area, effective Jan. 1, 2003.
Sherwin Lewis "Bud" Steinberg, retired president and CEO of Carboline Co., died Dec. 12, 2001, at his home near St. Louis of complications from cancer. He was 64.
The city of Philadelphia in November unveiled a huge, 6,000-square-foot American flag mural painted on the side of a Philadelphia warehouse facing Interstate 95, in a project commemorating the tragic events of Sept. 11.
BASF announced the introduction of the experimental "Constellation Colors" for automotive coatings, which the company says use various technical approaches to make colors on vehicles visible at night.
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) issued program details for the 29th Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium, scheduled for Feb. 6-8 in New Orleans.
The city of Newark, NJ, became the latest jurisdiction to file suit against former suppliers of lead-based paint and pigments. The city filed suit in state Superior Court in New Jersey and said it will seek "billions of dollars" in damages for health problems related to lead poisoning.
Sartomer Co. has acquired Rohm and Haas Co.'s line of Uvithane oligomers, a group of five urethane acrylate oligomers that includes two aromatic and three aliphatic products used in coatings, ink and adhesives.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued a notice that new, statewide VOC limits for several consumer products, including certain adhesives and aerosol coatings, were scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1.
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