The decision was difficult, as the organizers understand the important role the ACS/ACC serves in offering a platform for new products and technologies, connecting industry professionals, and educating coatings scientists. Although the 2020 installment will not proceed this year, the ACS/ACC will continue to serve as the most significant coatings show in North America when it resumes in 2022.

Supplies were recently running low at Epoxytec’s headquarters in Hollywood, Florida, USA, as in other places all over the United States. This included supplies of hand sanitizer. In response, office manager Victoria Nixon suggested making some in-house for Epoxytec’s own internal office use. As a supplier of coatings and linings for critical infrastructure, Epoxytec’s headquarters is equipped with an research and development (R&D) lab and has two polymer chemists on staff.

The U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor announced that small and midsize employers can begin taking advantage of two new refundable payroll tax credits, designed to immediately and fully reimburse them, dollar-for-dollar, for the cost of providing Coronavirus-related leave to their employees. This relief to employees and small and midsize businesses is provided under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, signed by President Trump on March 18, 2020.

Rust-Oleum is announcing that two additional products in their cleaning line have been approved by the EPA for use against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19.

Podcasts from the CoatingsPro Interview Series explore the impact of COVID-19 on the coatings industry.

Capital Painting crossed Lake Superior to reach their award-winning project on the historic Raspberry Island light house.

When a U.S. government vendor near Cincinnati, Ohio, contacted Spray-Tec with a roofing inquiry, the contractor made sure to mention its other capabilities. As it turned out, it was the insulation component that led to an even bigger job to protect the site’s plastic tanks.

Zebra mussels, a small shellfish indigenous to Russia and Ukraine, have been causing big problems in North American waters.

This year was a busy one, especially for coatings contractors, so we’ve taken the time to round up this year’s top 10 articles from CoatingsPro’s website.

Think of how you shop today, or really, purchase just about anything — even online. Nearly everything you buy brings with it the ability to “opt-in” to receive special coupons, and in many cases, the vendors offer loyalty or “reward” cards.