Paint and coatings researchers can now download the new NAG Library for SMP and Multi-core from Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG).

According to Global Coating & Ink Additives, a new study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, consumption of the five leading additives for coatings and inks was 1.72 billion pounds, worth $3.47 billion, in 2009.

World demand for architectural paint is forecast to rise 3.6 percent per year through 2013 to 22.8 million metric tons, valued at $51 billion.

The European Coatings Conference, Fire Retardant Coatings IV, will be held June 3-4, 2010, in Berlin, Germany.

The University of Minnesota is offering a Coating Process Fundamentals short course. The course will take place June 8-10, 2010, at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Pittcon 2010 reported that 16,876 attendees from 87 countries participated in the annual conference and exposition, which was held in Orlando, FL, Feb. 28 to March 5, 2010.

Blendon Information Services, Victoria, Canada, has published the fourth edition of Industrial Mineral Producers of North America.

ASTM is looking for participants to help study the properties of black glass. ASTM Subcommittee D1.26 on Optical Properties of Coatings maintains a standard (D2805) that specifies black glass panels in the test method and refers to “black Carrara glass” in the footnote. Current practice is to use black glass, but not necessarily Carrara.

Gerard E. Maratta was honored by the Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology as this year’s recipient of the Sammy Award.

World demand for carbon black is forecast to rise 4.3 percent per year through 2013 to 11.6 million metric tons, bolstered by a healthy global rubber market.