Celanese formally dedicated its 10th global polymer emulsions facility in Nanjing, China, on September 19, 2007, as part of the inaugural celebration of its integrated chemical complex.

Effective November 1, 2007, Robert A. Dunn Jr., senior vice president and leader of Nordson’s Advanced Technology Segment, which includes Asymtek, March Plasma, Nordson UV and Dage-YESTech, will also assume responsibility for Nordson's EFD and TAH businesses.

Phil Johnson recently joined Blastrac, a leader in surface preparation technologies and solutions, as an area sales manager for Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.

Surface Engineering for Aerospace and Defense, a new conference sponsored by NASF and ASM International, aims to bring together surface engineering professionals from electroplating, PVD, CVD, thermal spray, ion implantation to discuss problems facing the aerospace and defense industries.

ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications will meet January 20–22, 2008 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and June 15–18, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The 52nd CHEM Show Educational Conference, taking place with North America's largest process equipment and technology exposition, will concentrate on broad-scope to industry-specific topics important to the chemical process industries (CPI) professional, including Smooth, Safe, and Secure Processes. The Smooth, Safe, and Secure Processes sessions will focus largely on ways to effectively maximize batch process manufacturing productivity and profitability.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the fourth in a series of new patents assigned to Ecology Coatings Inc. for its portfolio of environmentally friendly UV-curable coating products.

The new HEUCODUR® IR pigments from Heubach reflect IR radiation and can therefore significantly reduce the heat buildup on buildings and other structures compared to conventional pigments.

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, has developed a fluorescent fluorinated water/oil-repellent coating material. According to the company, since this material generates fluorescence when illuminated by a light, inspection of a coated product can be automated to contribute to a drastic improvement in efficiency and accuracy of the inspection.

PPG Industries’ aerospace business and Altair Nanotechnologies have agreed to jointly develop and commercialize environmentally friendly nanoparticle technology to replace chromate in an aircraft primer that affords excellent corrosion resistance in high-solids and waterborne formulas.