The COROSAVE international trade fair for corrosion protection, preservation and packaging will be held at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre, Germany, from Oct. 20-22, 2009.

The 10th Asia Coatings Markets is set to take place Sept. 29-30, 2009, at the Swissotel Merchant Court hotel in Singapore.

The 4th Annual Biopolymers Symposium will be held Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2009, at the Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown/Lakefront hotel, Chicago, IL.

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the approval and availability of the newly revised American National Standard ANSI/ASSE Z490.1-2009 “Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health and Environmental Training.”

A call for papers has been issued for the American Coatings Conference, set for April 12-15, 2010, in Charlotte, NC.

Ad Overbeek, Global Science Manager at DSM NeoResins+, delivered the 2009 Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture.

In its report defining alternatives to phthalate plasticizers, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) named dibenzoate plasticizers, commercially known as Benzoflex® Plasticizers, as a replacement for phthalates.

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has announced the release of ANSI/HI Pump Standards Version 2.1 on CD-ROM.

RadTech Europe (RTE), the European Association for UV/EB technology, will host the 4th RTE Awards for Innovation Competition at its biennial RTE Conference & Exhibition to be held Oct. 14-15, 2009, in Nice, France.

According to a new study from The Freedonia Group Inc., demand for waxes in the United States is forecast to grow 2.2 percent per year to $2.5 billion in 2013, aided by an eventual recovery in the manufacturing and construction sectors of the economy.