CGGC News
The Development and Diffusion of Powder Coatings in the US and Europe
December 8, 2009 - A new report sponsored by EDF’s Corporate Partnerships Program on the development and diffusion of powder coatings has been released by CGGC. The report traces the development of powder coatings into different product markets, the factors that lead to their adoption in the US and Europe, and the key ‘leverage points’ of actors in the power coating value chain to further diffuse the technology. Market developments in China are also discussed. The report and follow-on industry trade journal articles in the
European Coatings Journal and
Powder Coating [forthcoming Feb. 2010] can be found here.
Powder Coatings Report 
ECJ Article The Offshore Services
Industry: A New Opportunity for Latin America (La Industria de Servicios Offshoring: Una Oportunidad para América Latina)
October 21-23, 2009 - Gary Gereffi, Mario Castillo and Karina Fernandez-Stark presented the paper "La Industria de Servicios Offshoring: Una oportunidad para America Latina" in the annual REDIBERO meeting, with the title, "La Promoción del Comercio y la Inversión en Iberoamérica ¿Podemos avanzar hacia la promoción regional?"
Presentation (in Spanish) IADB Policy Brief Hybrid Trucks: Strategic Win for Economy and Environment
June 11, 2009 - A high-tech truck convoy pulled up at Capitol Hill to showcase the emergence of fuel-and-emissions-saving hybrid technology for the nation’s biggest vehicles. The event, organized by clean transportation group CALSTART, unveiled a new CGGC study that highlights jobs created in truck manufacturing as well as other areas crucial to building the green economy: advanced energy storage, power electronics and control systems.
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