NAPPing on the job
The National Alliance of Professional Painters has launched NAPP Member Central, an Internet-based training and resource center that provides painting contractors easy access to business-building tools and resources. Go to article ›››

Richard’s turns 50
Richard’s Paint Mfg. Co. Inc., a manufacturer and retailer based in Rockledge, Fla., recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of doing business. Go to article ›››

Feds award grant for polymer proposal
Rohm and Haas Co. has been awarded a $3.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program to develop new polymer technologies that may eliminate as much as 30 percent of raw materials used to manufacture a number of paints and coatings. Go to article ›››

Renovated R&D center honors former CEO
The Flood Co. dedicated its newly expanded and renovated research and development center to former chairman and CEO Earl F. Flood in November.
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Venetian plaster artist takes it to the house
Victoria Bingham, artistic director of Buon Fresco Wall Artistry, received the “Elizabeth Warnock Prize for Excellence in the Decorative Arts” for her Venetian plaster walls at the 2004 NSO Decorators’ Show House in Potomac, Md. Go to article ›››