FSCT-NPCA cooperation endorsed. (Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology; National Paint and Coatings Asociation)

Boston, June 25 -- The cooperation and collaboration of the paint and coatings manufacturing industry's two major associations is an idea whose time may have come, a key player in talks between the two organizations said recently.

That was the message from Richard M. Hille -- a member of the board of directors and Executive Committee of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology -- delivered at the board's recent spring Week meeting in Boston.

Hille is a member of a joint Federation-National Paint and Coatings Association panel that includes members of each group's Executive Committee. Members of the joint committee have been discussing areas of possible cooperation between the …