RPM has named Robert L. Matejka vice president and controller.

J. Earl Burrell, retired president and COO at PPG Industries Inc., died Aug. 28.

The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology and Inpra Latina magazine announced plans for ANDINA Paint 2000.

The Forum de la Connaissance 1999 is scheduled for Dec. 1-2 in Paris.

The Inter-Society Color Council issued a call for papers for the International Colour Association’s 9th Quadrennial Congress, scheduled for June 24-29, 2001, in Rochester, NY.

The Electrocoat Association announced preliminary plans for Electrocoat 2000.

The Research Institute for Organic Syntheses of the Czech Republic issued a preliminary announcement and call for papers for its 8th International Conference on Dyes and Pigments.

ASTM has issued a request for information on methods used by testing laboratories to determine pigment volume concentration.

The use of conductive polymers as anticorrosion pigments is the subject of a recently completed study conducted at Wollongong University in Australia.

ASTM invites coatings chemists to participate in a project to modify EPA 311 gas chromatographic (GC) method for identification and quantification of VOCs and HAPs in paint and related materials.