Rohm and Haas Automotive Coatings started construction of a new, 46,000-square-foot Technical Research Center in Lansing, MI, with completion scheduled for mid-2003.
John H. "Bud" Ferring III, founder and retired president of Plaze Inc., an aerosol-product packaging company located in St. Clair, MO, died Sept. 16 of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Ian C. Edwards, Global Business director, DuPont Titanium Technologies, will deliver the keynote address at TiO2 2003, Intertech's eighth international titanium dioxide forum and business-development conference.
The Product Stewardship Institute, based at the University of Massachusetts/Lowell, has launched the "Paint Product Stewardship Project," a program aimed at bringing key parties together to jointly address issues related to leftover-paint management.
Trial proceedings began in the state of Rhode Island's landmark lead-paint lawsuit against several former manufacturers of lead paint and pigments, as attorneys representing the state opened their case with testimony from medical experts about the health hazards posed by old lead-based paint.