People on the move

The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) invites nominations for the 2006 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.

Labelexpo Asia 2005, taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on December 7-9, 2005, is set to be over twice the size of the last event in 2003.

The University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) is offering "Basic Composition of Coatings" on September 12-16, 2005, and "Introduction to Paint Formulation" on October 10-15, 2005.

Labelexpo Europe will be held at the Brussels Expo on Sept. 21-24, marking its 25th anniversary and the biggest Labelexpo show ever staged.

Fusion UV Systems, Inc., has been granted US patent 6,908,586 B1, "Free Radical Polymerization Method Having Reduced Premature Termination, Apparatus for Performing the Method, and Product Formed Thereby."

Two new vertical powder coating systems designed for coating aluminum extrusions begin operation in the United States this year.

H. Howard Flint, II & Greg Muselman

Surface World + Paint & Powder 2005 is set for November 8-10, 2005, at the Pavilion, NEC, Birmingham, England.

The Coating Wood and Wood Composites conference, which will take place September 25-27, 2005, at the Marriott Charlotte Executive Park, Charlotte, N.C., is specifically designed to explore the changing nature of wood and wood composites, and the coatings used on these materials.