SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – The Western Coatings Foundation has donated more than $123,000 to purchase equipment for the coatings program at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.
CLEVELAND – New developments in waterborne epoxies, low-odor solvents and vinyl acetate-ethylene polymers for low-VOC coatings were highlighted recently at the 43rd Annual Technical Symposium of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Societies for Coatings Technology.
WINDSOR LOCKS, CT – A federal court in Connecticut has ruled that International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP) cannot legally seek to increase the size of Dexter Corp.’s board of directors as part of a plan to pursue an acquisition of Dexter.
LOS ANGELES – Frank Sinclair, founder of Sinclair Paint Co., a major regional manufacturer of architectural coatings in California, died June 3 in Los Angeles.
DETROIT – A diverse technical program spanning coatings performance, formulation, application and other topics drew nearly 200 attendees to the Detroit Society for Coatings Technology’s 25th Annual FOCUS Conference...
WILMINGTON, DE – A group of international chemicals companies announced an agreement in principle to launch a new business-to-business e-commerce company that will operate an on-line marketplace for the chemical industry worldwide.
DALLAS – Celanese Chemicals announced the developmental introduction of t-butyl acetate, a solvent that has been proposed for exemption from the definition of a VOC...