The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from August 2001

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from August 2001

Science? Technology? Promotion?
August 1, 2001... Most of the manuscripts submitted to Journal of Coatings Technology are sound, straightforward reports of research results dealing with the science and technology of some aspect of coatings materials and processes. From time to time, though, we...

David P. Jack (Toronto) and Richard M. Hille (Cleveland) Nominated for FSCT Officer Positions.
August 1, 2001... The FSCT is pleased to announce its nominations for Officer positions for 2001-2002. At the forefront of this year's list of nominees are David P. Jack, of Technical Coatings Co., Ltd., and Richard M. Hille, of The Flood Company. ...

FSCT Supports Strategic Activities with Changes to Headquarters Staff.
August 1, 2001... The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology recently announced several changes in its Headquarters personnel. These changes support strategic initiatives to increase the organization's educational opportunities and FSCT Latin American...

PDC Develops Diverse Programming for the International Coatings Technology Conference.
August 1, 2001... As the coatings industry continues to consolidate and the demand for new technologies and products increases, companies must educate their employees to maintain competitiveness and boost profitability. FSCT's International Coatings Technology...

U.S. House of Representatives.
August 1, 2001... Superfund Liability Relief for Small Businesses--The House on May 22 voted 419-0 in favor of a bill (H.R. 1831) that would grant superfund liability relief to small businesses that contribute minimal amounts of hazardous waste to superfund...

Lead Hazard Grants.
August 1, 2001... US H 2034 (Roybal-Allard) authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make available grant monies to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities. The bill was...

Uniform Product Liability.
August 1, 2001... US H 1966 (Hostettler) establishes certain uniform legal principles of liability with respect to product manufacturers. The bill was introduced on May 23 and jointly referred to the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Energy...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
August 1, 2001... EPA Defers Dietary Risk Assessment of Pesticide Used in Paper Food containers: Product could Harm Paint Workers--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is deferring a conclusion on the dietary risks of a pesticide used in the production...

Industry to Provide Data on HAPS/Superfund Compounds Under EPA Proposal.
August 1, 2001... The U.S. EPA later this summer is expected to propose a rule requiring manufacturers to test chemicals to which the public may be exposed via superfund sites or releases of hazardous air pollutants. The proposal was initiated several years...

Worker Data Final Rule Expected by Summer.
August 1, 2001... A final rule requiring manufacturers to test chemicals to which many workers are exposed is expected to be issued by the EPA later this summer. EPA published a proposed rule in June 1999 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)(64...

Paint Industry to Aid in Disseminating Federal Information on Lead Paint.
August 1, 2001... The U.S. EPA has requested that NPCA and the industry support its efforts in publicizing its Lead PreRenovation Education Rule (Lead PRE). The rule, which became effective June 1, 1999, requires contractors to distribute a lead hazard...

Department of Transportation.
August 1, 2001... DOT Publishes Clarification of Jurisdiction Proposal-The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on June 14 proposed rules aimed at clarifying federal agencies' regulatory roles on the loading, unloading, and storage of hazardous materials in...

Building/Fire Code (proposed regulation) (ALASKA).
August 1, 2001... The Alaska Department of Public Safety is proposing to amend the Occupancy Classification in the International Building Code, 2000 Edition. The rule repeals and readopts the building code, mechanical code and fire code. Amendments also include...

Product Liability (CALIFORNIA).
August 1, 2001... CA A 36 (Steinberg) provides that in an action based upon bodily injury or wrongful death allegedly caused by a defective product or environmental hazard, certain information contained in settlement and confidentiality agreements not filed with...

Board Halts Law Banning Aerosol Spray Paint Cans (CALIFORNIA).
August 1, 2001... The Venture County Board of Supervisors has disrupted a law that would have banned traditional aerosol paint cans in an effort to curb graffiti. The law was approved in April 2000, but during a required second reading several supervisors...

Lead--CT S 1286 (Committee on Energy & Technology) (CONNECTICUT).
August 1, 2001... Lead--CT S 1286 (Committee on Energy & Technology) adopts for use in state assisted public housing projects the lead abatement strategies being used in HUD subsidized projects. The bill was sent to the Joint Committee on Appropriations on June...

Lead--DE S 155 (Blevins) (DELAWARE).
August 1, 2001... Lead--DE S 155 (Blevins) relates to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. The bill passed the Senate on May 17, and on May 23 was sent to the House Committee on Health and Human Development.

Lead-L H 1887 (Hamos/Brunsvold) (ILLINOIS).
August 1, 2001... Lead-L H 1887 (Hamos/Brunsvold) amends Lead Poisoning Prevention Act; makes various changes relating to enforcement; provides that civil penalties may be assessed against a licensed lead worker, licensed lead professional, licensed lead...

Lead (temporary regulation) (OREGON).
August 1, 2001... Lead (temporary regulation)--The Oregon Department of Human Services/Health Division has adopted a temporary rule regarding both public and private target housing to avoid serious prejudice to the public interest. The rule is intended to remove...

Pollution Control Tax Credit (OREGON).
August 1, 2001... OR S 764 (Beyer, L) extends sunset of the air, water, noise and solid waste facilities tax credit. The bill passed the Senate on June 7 and was sent to the House.

Chemistry Council Challenges Hazardous Waste Identification Rule.
August 1, 2001... The American Chemistry Council has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final hazardous waste identification rule (HWIR) (American Chemistry Council v. EPA,...

"Dirty Dozen" Chemicals to be Globally Banned.
August 1, 2001... Delegates from more than 100 countries adopted a United Nations convention on May 22 banning or severely restricting 12 dangerous chemicals known as the "dirty dozen." The agreement will eliminate, where feasible, the production and use of...

U.S. Industry Objections Derail Approval of International Symbol for Chronic Risks.
August 1, 2001... Officials attending a May 21-25 meeting of the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Working Group on the Harmonization of Chemical Hazard Communication failed to reach an agreement on a proposed international sign for identifying chemical...

Spring 2001 Board of Directors Meeting.
August 1, 2001... The Spring Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology was held on May 20, 2001 at the Marriott Fisherman's Wharf Hotel, San Francisco, CA. In attendance were the following persons: Board...

REVISED BYLAWS and STANDING RULES FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR COATINGS TECHNOLOGY.
August 1, 2001... BYLAWS ARTICLE I NAME, PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES, AND OFFICES Section 1.1. Name The name of the corporation is Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology. Section 1.2. Purposes and Objectives The purposes of the...

Akzo Nobel CEO Urges Coatings Industry To Get Full Value of Products Recognized.
August 1, 2001... The CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management for Akzo Nobel Inc., Arnhem, The Netherlands, spoke at the 50th anniversary of the CEPE Conference--the European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industries--held recently...

EPA Waives $345,105 in Penalties for Voluntarily Disclosed Violations.
August 1, 2001... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III--Office of Communications and Government Relations, Philadelphia, PA, has reported that they have waived a potential $345,105 in penalties against seven companies--six in Pennsylvania and one...

Former BFGoodrich Chemicals Business Renamed Noveon, Inc.
August 1, 2001... PMD Group, Inc., Cleveland, OH, formerly BFGoodrich Performance Materials segment, has changed its name to Noveon, Inc. Steven J. Demetriou, Noveon President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Noveon merges the concepts of innovation and...

SOCMA Urges EPA to Maintain Confidential Business Information Protections.
August 1, 2001... The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA), Washington, DC, has urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain confidential business information (CBI) protections on the grounds that they are critical to...

Vantico to Acquire Businesses from Degussa Business Unit Rohm Specialty Acrylics.
August 1, 2001... Vantico, Luxembourg, Germany, has signed a contract to purchase the Agomet[R] and Atlas[R] Adhesives and Tooling business of the Degussa Business Unit, Rohm Specialty Acrylics. Completion of the transaction remains subject to regulatory...

ChemCentral Corp. to Acquire Southwest Solvents and Chemicals.
August 1, 2001... J.M. Clepper, President and CEO of Southwest Solvents and Chemicals, Houston, TX, has announced that a letter of intent has been executed regarding the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Southwest Solvents and Chemicals and...

Minerals Technologies to Construct PCC Production Facility in Germany.
August 1, 2001... Minerals Technologies Inc., New York, NY, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Specialty Minerals Inc. will invest $27 million for the construction of a new merchant facility in Germany for the production of coating grade precipitated...

Dock Resins Opens Multi-Million Dollar Facility.
August 1, 2001... Dock Resins Corp., Linden, NJ, has opened the new Philip I. Barbanel Research and Development Laboratory, which is dedicated to the company's retired founder. Replacing the previous facility, the new laboratory will more than double the...

COLOR AND APPEARANCE: III.
August 1, 2001... Color and the interrelated topic of gloss are important to the decorative aspects of the use of coatings and, sometimes, to the functional aspects of their use. We have all dealt with color since we were babies, but most people have little...

Changes in Composition and Characteristics of Latex Paints Applied On Porous Inorganic Substrates.
August 1, 2001... Dan Y. Perera [**] D. Vanden Eynde--Coatings Research Institute (CoRI) [*] J-M. Borsus--Akzo Nobel Coatings [+] Changes in film composition and characteristics that occur during and/or immediately after the application of latex...

Synergistic Effect of Driers on Soybean Oil-Based Ceramer Coatings.
August 1, 2001... Mark D. Soucek [+]7 --North Dakota State University [*] Inorganic-organic hybrid coatings were prepared using blown soybean oil with sol-gel precursors. Three sol-gel precursors, titanium tetra-i-propoxide (TIP), titanium (di-i-propoxide)...

Structural Analysis of Coating Film with Ultra-Small-Angle X-ray Scattering.
August 1, 2001... Iwao Soga--Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation [*] Hideki Matsuoka--Kyoto University [+] The structure of magnetic coating films was analyzed by the ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) technique. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)...

Sources of Error in VOC Determination via EPA Method 24.
August 1, 2001... PRA Laboratories, Inc.* Forty-five paint samples having volatile organic content (VOCs) ranging from 7 to 562 g/L were prepared and tested for VOC according to EPA Method 24. In addition, all individual raw materials utilized in preparing...

"Color Matching".
August 1, 2001... The first annual Terryl F. Johnson Service Award was presented to FSCT Past-President and longtime member, J.C. Leslie. Mr. Leslie is an Honorary Member of the Society as well as the Federation. It was reported that 72 attendees...

Performance and Compliance.
August 1, 2001... The Society introduced a new meeting format with the technical presentation being given before dinner. Society Technical Committee Chair Carmen Rodriguez, of Lyondell Corp., spoke on "PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE IN THE COATINGS INDUSTRY."...

"Past-Presidents' Night".
August 1, 2001... The Pittsburgh Society honored the following Past-Presidents in attendance: John Gillen, of J.M. Gilen Co.; Mark Harley, retired; Bob Henderson, of Bayer Corp.; Jeff Sturm, of Wolman Wood Care Products; Tony Isacco, of Dar-Tech, Inc.; and Carl...

Philadelphia Society Hosts Mini-Symposium on Rad-Cure: From Resins to Formulation.
August 1, 2001... The Technical Committee of the Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology presented a mini-symposium, "Rad-Cure: From Resins to Formulation," on May 3, 2001. The symposium was attended by 110 people. Presentations and speakers included:...

People in the News.
August 1, 2001... Erica T. Balogh, a member of the Los Angeles Society, has been appointed Regional Sales Manager of the West Coast for paints, coatings and adhesives for Ultra Additives, Paterson, NJ. Ms. Balogh will serve as the primary interface between Ultra...

Powder Coating Training Manual.
August 1, 2001... The fourth edition of the Chemical Coaters Association International's Powder Coating Training Manual has been translated into Spanish. The manual contains the fundamental information needed to operate and manage the process of a powder coating...

Coatings References.
August 1, 2001... Marcel Dekker, Inc. has published three new coatings references: "Chemical Properties of Material Surfaces," Vol. 102 in the Surfactant Science Series, edited by Marek Kosmulski of the Technical University of Lublin in Poland; "Oxide Surfaces,"...

Clean Air Booklet.
August 1, 2001... United Air Specialists, Inc. has published a 20-page informational booklet designed to help provide a safe and healthy work environment. The Clean Air Fact Book discusses clean air regulations and how to comply with them, air cleaning...

Pressurized Drums Safety Video.
August 1, 2001... EET Corp. has released its first safety training video, "Pressurized Drums, What Every Handler Should Know." The video was developed to educate the drum handler, their supervisors, and waste, environmental, safety, and other managers on safe...

Associative Polymers in Aqueous Media.
August 1, 2001... ACS Symposium Series 765 Edited by: J. Edward Glass Published by: American Chemical Society Distributed by Oxford University Press 201 Evans Rd. Cary, NC 27513 800.445.9714 or 919.677.1303 Copyright...

Paint Guide.
August 1, 2001... The fifth edition of the Rauch Paint Guide has been published by Impact Marketing Consultants, Inc. The newly expanded edition is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the industry containing five chapters in 274 pages. Within each...

Coatings Abstracts on CD.
August 1, 2001... The Paint Research Association, in conjunction with Dialog Corp., has changed the update frequency from quarterly to monthly for their "World Surface Coatings Abstracts (WCSA)" CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains about 250,000 records, with searchable...

Friction Data CD.
August 1, 2001... General Magnaplate has prepared anew CD to guide engineers in selecting combinations of metals and coatings that improve the service life of mating components. The new "Friction Data Guide" shows comparisons of the coefficients of friction of a...

Microscope Optimization.
August 1, 2001... Carl Zeiss, Inc. has introduced a new AxioVision "Autofocus" software module designed for the documentation of microscopic examinations. The software will reportedly automatically optimize your microscope and digital camera settings to take...

Color Control.
August 1, 2001... BYK-Gardner USA is offering an interactive CD-ROM, "Color Control," for daily quality control. Included on the CD are topics such as color theory, which instrument type fits which application, and color control in practice. The CD is formatted...

Color Formulation.
August 1, 2001... Formulation-Master[TM] 2001 has been released by X-Rite, Inc. The software, designed for formulate opaque, translucent and transparent colors, either at fixed loads or with minimized pigment usage, is now available in English, French, German,...

Temperature Profiling.
August 1, 2001... Datapaq, Inc. has introduced its new Easy Track[TM] System designed specifically for smaller custom coaters and finishers. The system features a data logger that records 25,000 readings over five channels.

Weathering Instrument.
August 1, 2001... The Atlas Electric Devices Co. unveiled their UV2000 fluorescent UV condensation weathering instrument. The UV2000 tests the effects of exposure to the sun's ultraviolet light on coatings, plastics, pigments, textiles, adhesives, sealants, and...

Humbug from Hillman.
August 1, 2001... I was very pleased to receive an overdue note from old buddy, Dave Platt, that included the following sage observations: Children --You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16...

Child Day Care Facility--LA H 921 (Jackson M) (LOUISIANA).
August 1, 2001... Child Day Care Facility--LA H 921 (Jackson M) enacts "Children's Product Safety Act." On June 5 the bill was reported from the Legislative Bureau without amendments.

Hazardous Materials Transportation (proposed regulation) (MAINE).
August 1, 2001... Hazardous Materials Transportation (proposed regulation)--The Maine Department of Public Safety/Bureau of State Police is proposing to prescribe requirements governing the transportation of hazardous materials in commerce.

Income Tax Credits--MA HB 3840 (Marzilli et al) (MASSACHUSETTS).
August 1, 2001... Income Tax Credits--MA HB 3840 (Marzilli et al) establishes income tax credits for the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of environmentally approved buildings in the Commonwealth. The bill was heard on June 5, and is eligible for...

Lead--MA S 1115 (Resor) (MASSACHUSETTS).
August 1, 2001... Lead--MA S 1115 (Resor) relates to the Child Health and Development Commission; legislates the "precautionary principle." On May 9, the bill was heard in the Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture. It is eligible for Executive...

Pollution Control Devises--MA SB 1686 (Magnani et al) (MASSACHUSETTS).
August 1, 2001... Pollution Control Devises--MA SB 1686 (Magnani et al) provides a sales tax exemption for pollution control devices with worker safety protections. The bill was heard on June 5, and is eligible for Executive Session.

Lead--NE LR 137 (Price) (NEBRASKA).
August 1, 2001... Lead--NE LR 137 (Price) designates an interim study to evaluate the potential funding options to assist property owners in eliminating lead-based paint in residential dwellings; evaluates the short-term and long-term public health benefits of...

Lead--NJ AB 1860 (Garcia) (NEW JERSEY).
August 1, 2001... Lead--NJ AB 1860 (Garcia) authorizes boards of health to inspect buildings, including residences, being used as day care centers for the presence of lead paint hazards and enforce the removal of such hazards; provides the boards may order the...

Air Quality Facilities--OH SB 125 (Blessing) (OHIO).
August 1, 2001... Air Quality Facilities--OH SB 125 (Blessing) allows a tax credit against the corporation franchise tax for air quality equipment expenditures; expands the authority of the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority to issue bonds or make loan or...

Construction Contractor Credentials--OR H 2759 (Knopp) (OREGON).
August 1, 2001... Construction Contractor Credentials--OR H 2759 (Knopp) allows Construction Contractors Board to recognize specialized education and include specialized education in professional credentials of construction contractor; provides that approved...

Environmental Cleanup--OR H 2010 (Minnis et al) (OREGON).
August 1, 2001... Environmental Cleanup--OR H 2010 (Minnis et al) Creates environmental cleanup districts in areas meeting specified population and federal Superfund listing requirements; authorizes districts to adopt environmental cleanup plans, provide cleanup...