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cal program, speakers will be required to
submit a completed paper to the com-
mittee by March 15, 2011. “The Best
Paper Award” will be presented at the
NW Coatings Fest. Those interested are
encouraged to submit a short abstract
for a 40-45 minute presentation to:
Glenn Carlson, 206-200-5452; email:
GlennC@TCRindustries.com.
NEW ASTM SUBCOMMITTEE TO
FOCUS ON NANOSTRUCTURED
INORGANIC COATINGS
A new ASTM subcommittee seeks to
acknowledge the ongoing advances being
made in the field of nanostructured inor-
ganic coatings. B08.16 on Nano-
structured Coatings, part of ASTM Inter-
national Committee B08 on Metallic and
Inorganic Coatings, is currently develop-
ing its first proposed standard, ASTM
WK29468, Specification for Galvanic
Protection of Steel Using a Nano-
structured Coating of 95 Zinc.
ASTM International welcomes and
encourages participation in the develop-
ment of its standards.
JDSU EXPANDS IN CHINA TO DEVELOP
HIGH-PRECISION OPTICAL COATINGS
JDSU has opened a new facility in
Suzhou, China to manufacture high-
precision optical coatings for a wide
variety of markets that include 3D, ges-
ture recognition, theater projection and
sensing applications. A ceremony took
place today that marked the official
opening of the facility within the Suzhou
Industrial Park.
JDSU has committed more than $20
million to the facility that includes a staff
of over 50 employees and the capacity to
grow to more than 100 employees. The
site also includes new, state-of-the-art
optical coating equipment. Joining major
sites in Beijing, Shenzhen, Singapore,
NOF Metal Coatings Europe Wins Responsible Care Award
NOF Metal Coatings Europe was recently voted overall winner of the 2010 European Responsible Care Awards, beating out a record-number 53 entries from
10 countries. It marked the first time that France-based NOF
Metal Coatings Europe received the award with an innovative
coating technology that offers health and environmental bene-
fits in a more resource efficient, cost effective way.
“The awards competition this year was the most
intense in its six-year history,” said Christian Jourquin,
president of Cefic, the European Chemical Industry
Council, who presented the awards at the Cefic annual
general assembly in Rome. “The winning projects clearly
highlighted how the chemical industry is high-tech, inno-
vative and sustainable.”
Overall winner NOF Metal Coatings Europe France
earned top honors for developing a new version of exist-
ing coatings mainly used for small parts such as auto-
motive sector bolts and fasteners. Judges praised the
robust, innovative nature of the award winning submis-
sion, especially highlighting that the high-tech coating
combines “a very impressive decrease of VOC emissions
with the phasing out harmful compound—hexavalent
Cefic president, Christian Jourquin (left), is presenting the 2010
Responsible Care prize to Alain Chesneau, NOF Metal Coatings
research and development manager.
chromium—while turning a profit.”
The elimination of hexavalent chromium alone was
commended as “not easy and very innovative.” The new
