The new ASTM Standards on Materials and Environmental Microbiology, Fourth Edition, includes all ASTM standards on this topic on one convenient CD-ROM.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, has analyzed the environmental performance of major U.S. manufacturing and service sectors, including paint and coatings, in its Second Edition of the Sector Strategies Performance Report, published this year.
NPCA has made available on its website two predictive models to estimate the changes in demand for architectural and industrial coatings in the United States.
The National Paint and Coatings Association's 119th Annual Meeting and Industry Leadership Conference will be held October 29-31, 2006, in Nashville, Tenn., at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
In response to exhibitor and visitor feedback from previous shows, the Asia Pacific Coatings Show will now alternate between two venues instead of three.
Focusing on "An Overview of Latex Architectural Paint - Some Problems, Some Solutions," the technical committee of the Philadelphia Society will host a symposium on October 12, 2006, at the Williamson in Horsham, Pa.
Perceptions regarding who is primarily responsible for innovation have expanded from the confines of the laboratory to include all employees of a company, according to a study of a cross-section of managers and professionals in manufacturing companies in the Americas, Asia and Europe. Dow Corning Corp., Midland, Mich, released the research results on August 23, 2006.
In 2007, for the first time, the six congresses previously organized parallel to the European Coatings Show are being integrated into a single, combined congress event, The Nürnberg Congress, from May 7-9.