American Paint & Coatings Journal articles from January 1996

American Paint & Coatings Journal archives from January 1996

NPCA announces confab plans. (National Paint and Coatings Association)
January 29, 1996... Annual Meeting to run concurrently with FSCT conference and show Washington, D.C. - For the first time, the National Paint and Coatings Association's Annual Meeting will run concurrently with the Federation of Societies for Coatings...

Powder Coating '95 a resounding success. (Powder Coating Institute's annual conference and trade show)
January 29, 1996... Alexandria, Va. - Powder Coating '95, the Powder Coating Institute's annual conference and trade show, was more successful in attracting powder coating users than anyone anticipated, surpassing all projected attendance figures, PCI officials...

Rolla announces short course offerings. (University of Missouri-Rolla)
January 29, 1996... Courses focus on sales, formulation, composition and physical testing Rolla, Mo. - The University of Missouri-Rolla, Chemistry Department issued details on its coatings short course series for 1996. Courses scheduled are: "Basic Coatings...

Atlas Weathering Services announces six moves at top-management level. (Atlas Weathering Services Group)
January 29, 1996... Chicago, Ill. - Six senior-level management appointments were made in the Atlas Weathering Services Group, a company formed by the alliance of South Florida Test Service and DSET. South Florida Test Service and DSET Laboratories were recently...

The markets. (prices of raw materials)
January 29, 1996... The three "R"s of education quickly turned into the three "B"s of economics and marketing in mid-January. Budget, Bosnia and Blizzard did more than their share to disrupt daily life. And who knows what the long term holds as the ripple effect...

Furlough, snow bury AIM work. (architectural and industry maintenance coatings volatile organic compound regulations)
January 29, 1996... Budget debate, weather slow EPA/industry; NPCA supports draft Kansas City - Moves in the development of national architectural and industry maintenance coatings VOC regulations were snowed under, literally, in early January. AIM proposals...

It's good in gardens, but not in paint. (high-solids coating)
January 29, 1996... Getting high solids to cure 'bone dry' challenges paintmakers St. Louis - What's a blessing to the gardener is a bane to the formulator of high-solids coatings. To keep moisture in the soil, black-fingernailed gardeners spread opaque...

'Heavy metal' doesn't mean rock 'n roll. (technical meetings on pigment technology)
January 29, 1996... Engelhard's Norris speaks to Cleveland society; Fred Schwab is honored Cleveland - Where pigment technology is headed was described in a series of recent technical meetings here at which an industry luminary was posthumously honored....

Douglas Publication buys magazine; Reitter, Padow, Speckmann lead staff. (Chuck Reitter, Fred Speckmann, Mark Padow)
January 15, 1996... St. Louis - American Paint Journal Co. announced the sale of American Paint & Coatings Journal, American Paint & Coatings Journal Convention Daily and American Painting Contractor to Douglas Publications, Inc. of Richmond, Va. Douglas...

Paints, coatings manufacturers sales highest in decade.(Industry Overview)
January 15, 1996... Commack, N.Y. - Paints and coatings manufacturers turned in their best performance in a decade in 1994, buoyed by a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing and construction activity, according to a new report from Business Trend Analysis. Dollar...

DuPont, Renner Herrmann restructure coatings venture.
January 15, 1996... Troy, Mich. - DuPont and Renner Herrmann restructured their joint coatings venture to consolidate and strengthen market leadership positions for automotive and industrial finishes throughout South America. Terms of the restructuring were...

Picture it Painted 1995: a review. (National Paints and Coatings Association's community service program)(includes related article)(Industry Overview)
January 15, 1996... Last year, NPCA's Picture it Painted (PIP) community service program was recognized nationally for its contributions to society by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). The ASAE presented NPCA with an Association's Advance...

Market demands drive producers of pigments in new directions.
January 15, 1996... St. Louis - It wasn't too long ago when pigments' main claim to fame was adding color, hiding or corrosion resistance to coatings and related products. Those were the days when "the mom the better" was the name of the game. Those days are...

Applied statistics simplified: or, "A success story!" (applied statistics in the coatings laboratory)
January 15, 1996... How can my yield be increased? An experienced plant researcher was invited into the president's office. Mr. President said, "Come in Dr. Researcher. I have an assignment for you. The manufacturing costs for our product POLYGLOP 123 are...

Planning more important than ever: world uncertainties and surprises can put raw materials in a spin.
January 15, 1996... Kansas City - As the calendar turns the corner to the second half of the Twentieth Century, political and economic uncertainties loom large for all business interests. Whether the scope is national or international, whether the focus is...

Michael Wolfe: technical sales representative, Seegott Inc.; president, Cleveland Society for Coatings Technology.
January 15, 1996... Technical sales representative, Seegott, Inc.; President, Cleveland Society for Coatings Technology Running, swimming and biking make Michael Wolfe's heart pound. After all, they're his favorite sports. They would have to be, because he...