The CHEMARK Consulting Group is pursuing an in-depth assessment of the global opportunities for coatings, adhesives, metallic finishes, inks, polymers, films and fabrics in key electronics markets.

NPCA has lined up a variety of expert speakers for its forum sessions to be held during the its 2007 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh.

EPA has re-released a proposed definition of its solid-waste rule to streamline regulation of hazardous secondary materials.

In proposing its 2007 Air Quality Management Plan, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), Diamond Bar, Calif., is seriously considering imposing fees on coatings products, both architectural and industrial maintenance coatings and industrial surface coatings, as well as associated solvents sold in the air district, according to the NPCA.

The Radiant Panel Association is offering an online Control Signals seminar with engineering technologist Robert Bean today, June 19, at 12 noon or 8 p.m. EST.

Energy crop company Ceres, Inc., and Rohm and Haas Company announced a research collaboration that will work toward producing plant-based alternatives to a petroleum-derived material used in thousands of home and industrial products.

More and more Canadians are experimenting with color on their walls. That’s the finding of a recent survey by leading architectural paint brand PARA Paints in polling its more than 400 paint dealers across the country.

A proposed new standard being developed by ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications would provide the coatings industry with an industry-wide method for evaluating the ability of an architectural paint system to block ink stains from typical markers and writing instruments from bleeding through primer or basecoat into a topcoat.

The Hydraulic Institute has announced that Mechanical Solutions, Inc. is the first company to become an HI Standards Partner in a program the Institute initiated this year.

With over 520 in attendance, uv.eb WEST registration grew to over 25% as interest in the environmental, economic and operational benefits of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) curing technology continues to expand.