CPSCOLOR B.V. said it has entered into a business alliance with Rohm and Haas.

The PPG Industries Inc. product team responsible for the development of the company’s Enviro-Prime 2000 lead-free anticorrosion electrodeposition coatings for automotive application has received a Three Rivers Environmental Award.

The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Polymers and High-Performance Materials announced the development of a “revolutionary” paint product.

The five major suppliers of automotive-refinish coatings are under investigation for possible price fixing in a probe by U.S. antitrust authorities.

RadTech International North America issued a call for papers for the RADTECH 2002 conference.

RPM said it has completed a restructuring and consolidation program launched in August 1999 with the reduction of positions at several operating companies and its corporate headquarters.

Eastman Chemical Co. announced plans to consolidate a portion of its coatings operations in the United States.

Robert Wendoll has been elected to a leadership position in a multinational group that sponsors and coordinates atmospheric research related to the development of air-quality policies.

The organizers of the COATING 2001 Conference and Exhibition issued program details for the event, scheduled for Oct. 15-17 in Orlando, FL.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider an industry challenge to a national rule on VOCs in architectural and industrial-maintenance coatings.