The Polymers and Coatings program at California Polytechnic State University will offer a short course on Polymers and Coatings Science during the week of February 5-9, 2007.

Irfab Chemical Consultants has studied the broader European powder coatings market, examining the changing market dynamics from various perspectives at this critical stage in its evolution.

The supervisory board of Cognis in Monheim, Germany, has appointed Paul Allen, executive vice president Functional Products, to the management board. Allen has been head of Cognis’ Strategic Business Unit

The two-day summit, to be held on Feb. 5-6, 2007, in Vienna, Austria, offers presentations, panels, networking functions and individual follow-ups, and includes leaders of the coatings industry as speakers.

The 10th International Coatings for Plastics Symposium sponsored by this magazine will explore emerging trends in the coatings for plastics industry and define those technologies that will have an impact on the industry’s future.

IRL has published a new title for the industrial coatings sector. Potential of Automotive-Related Coatings in Eastern Europe is a study that covers eight key automotive-producing economies in Eastern Europe and examines the markets of automotive OEM coatings, automotive refinishes, powder coatings and coatings for plastics in each.

Rick Hille, vice president of operations for The Flood Company and a past president of The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT), was awarded the FSCT’s highest honor, The 2006 George Baugh Heckel Award, during the FSCT’s 2006 Annual General Meeting in New Orleans.

The European Coatings Show 2007 plus Adhesives, Sealants, Construction Chemicals, taking place in the Exhibition Centre, Nürnberg, Germany, from May 8-10, 2007, is already heading for a new record.

Efforts by Dow Corning Corporation, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) and Habitat for Humanity gave more than 50 coatings industry professionals the opportunity to help construct four homes in New Orleans before the International Coatings Expo (ICE) last November.

After two very successful years, the mantel of the chairmanship of The Filtration Society has been passed from Dr. Graham Rideal of Whitehouse Scientific to Lloyd Holiday of Larox.