A preview of issues facing manufacturers in the year 2000 and beyond highlighted a varied technical program at the Detroit Society for Coatings Technology’s recent annual FOCUS Conference.

Rohm and Haas said it will proceed to complete its acquisition of Morton International through a single-step merger.

This company offers a hand-held binding system with a new dispenser handle, available in smaller runs and perfect for ‘private label’ production.

The National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA) has filed a court challenge to new VOC regulations on architectural and industrial-maintenance coatings adopted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) on May 14.

Lilly Industries has announced plans to close three satellite manufacturing facilities.

Demand for radiation-cured products in the United States is forecast to increase by more than 10% per year and will hit a total of 200 million pounds in the year 2003.

Lester Thurow, an authority on international economics and professor of management and economics at MIT for more than 30 years, will deliver the keynote address at the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA)’s Annual Meeting.

ASTM has issued a request for industry participation in the development of international consensus standards related to advances in polymer technologies employed in low-VOC and other high-performance coatings.

Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC announced several appointments.

Bob Clemens has been named president of the Paint Research Association.