American Coatings Association

ACA is hosting a free webinar for its members on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule requirements and electronic reporting tool.

California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) remains in a holding pattern with its amendments to Rule 1107 for limiting volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the Coating of Metal Parts and Products as it works to determine how to model worker exposure to tertiary butyl acetate (TBAc) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC).

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Jan. 12 signed a memorandum of understanding charting a strategy for sharing information and processes to advance each body's green chemistry program for consumer products.

As part of its Virtual Learning Conferences (VLC), on March 8, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (EST) ACA will host an interactive webinar surveying the June 2011 Amendments to California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 1113 for Architectural and Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Coatings.

California’s Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District is set to present itsamended rule for volatile organic compound limits in architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings to its Board on Feb. 27.

Completing an agreement first announced in July of 2011, AkzoNobel has concluded its acquisition of Chinese specialty surfactant producer Boxing Oleochemicals.

AkzoNobel has announced that it will exercise the right to buy the remaining shares of Metlac, an Italian-based packaging coatings producer.

Dunn-Edwards has announced that its LEED® Gold-certified paint manufacturing facility will produce paint for third parties.

Ecology Coatings, Inc. has entered into  a license agreement with German-based BASF Coatings GmbH.

Plasticolors, Inc. has acquired Milliken Design, Inc.'s non-urethane pigment dispersion product lines.