Co-Auto's refinish manager Don Teevens reflects on the switch to waterborne paint now that the June 18 deadline is behind us.

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GATINEAU, QUEBEC -- July 9, 2009 -- The word is now official. The new regulations governing automotive refinish products, Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulations, have been published in Canada Gazette Part II.

AJAX, ON, April 26, 2008 – DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) supports the Canadian government’s proposed regulations to lower the volatile organic compounds (VOC) content in automotive refinish, architectural, and industrial maintenance coatings.

TORONTO, ON -- January 28, 2008 -- Waterborne legislation is coming, that’s a given. But the $200 million conversion project might take just a little longer than anticipated according to the Canadian Paint and Coatings Association.

Jim Quick, Executive Director of the association, is anticipating a one-year extension to a revised date of January 1, 1010. Speaking at the recent CCIF conference in Toronto he noted VOC regulations proposed by Environment Canada still must be published in the Canadian Gazette, a precursor to effecting legislation.