IntertechPira has announced its 15th international business conference, Functional Fillers, held September 24-26, 2007, at the Marriot Charleston, in Charleston, SC.

Industrial Coatings Research Boundaries, a technical symposium hosted by the Philadelphia Society of Coatings Technology, will be held on October 11, 2007, at the Williamson Inn, Horsham, PA.

The Detroit Society for Coatings Technology’s FOCUS Conference 2007 was held on May 3.

A record number of visitors from 48 different countries attended the Asia Pacific Coatings Show 2007 held July 6-8 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre in Thailand.

 Experts from Europe’s leading companies involved in the polyurea sector have joined forces to form the Polyurea Development Association (PDA Europe), a new body set up to handle industry issues relating to polyurea technology.

The National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA), in cooperation with Vincentz Network (VN), is launching a new Science and Technology Initiative including a new American Coatings Show.

According to a study by the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney the U.S. paint and coatings industry sold 9.5 billion dry pounds of product valued at $23.8 billion in 2006.

The NPCA’s Chairman of the Board Charles E. Bunch, chairman and CEO of PPG Industries, Inc., received the Business Citizen medal from the Friends of Adam Smith (FOAS) as one of its 2007 Adam Smith Award winners.

 The Missouri and New Jersey Supreme Courts issued rulings with a straightforward and unambiguous result: public nuisance causes of action by municipalities seeking damages for ill-maintained dwellings, from historical manufacturers of ordinary and necessary products, are declared terminated.

On June 5th at a meeting of the National Classification Committee (NCC) of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA), the committee docketed a proposal to change the classification of paint and related materials at a higher freight rate based on density.