U.S. Elcometer recently announced the death of Ian Sellars, owner and managing director of the company and one of the founders of the modern coating inspection industry. For almost fifty years Ian Sellars managed the family business from a small 32m2 office with seven employees to a global manufacturer and supplier of inspection equipment for the concrete and coatings industries, with over 200 employees in 6 offices and an extensive global network of over 150 distributors. 
Argentina. According to the online publication Insider News, a new study published by Information Research (IRL), estimated the demand for paints in Argentina at 265,000 tons for 2007. With an average growth of almost 7% for the whole year, the market is preparing to add more than 100,000 tons of additional demand by 2012, to constitute a market of almost 370,000 tons. Prospects for the industry look good in most segments, but the main driver is the construction sector, which continues to stimulate demand for decorative, protective, wood and industrial coatings in general. Although demand for state-owned construction projects tends to favor the most economical segments of the decorative sector, the increased favorability for consumers is driving the demand for quality paints in the medium and premium segments. Taking into account the markets of construction and physical renovations, the use of decorative paints in the country is divided between 55% of the professional segment and 45% in the do-it-yourself segment.
U.S. Brookfield, a producer of technology for viscosity control and measurement, is offering three courses to provide users of the brand's instruments with the practical knowledge to get the most out of test methods for textures and viscosity. These training sessions are presented in terms of easy understanding and thus give the functional knowledge to verify and improve the data required to perform your research, development and quality control procedures. The program includes: workshop on viscosity measurements (14 and 20 August), applied course on test methods to determine viscosity (20 August), workshop on texture analysis (9 September).
Brazil. CPS Color, supplier of coloring systems, was elected leading supplier in the category of equipment for coloring systems for the decorative paint industry in Brazil. The prize was awarded by Paint & Painting magazine. The survey was based on responses from painting companies in the region."We are very satisfied with the result. This is the twelfth prize won in the category. It shows our long-term commitment to serving our customers and offering the right solutions to meet the needs of the market, a perspective that our customers appreciate. We helped sell more paints with custom colors," said Reubens da Cunha, general manager of CPS Color SA.
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