The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) supported the 2012 Adhesion Society Outstanding Young Adhesion Scientist Award and presented a plaque and $1,000 grant to Frank DelRio, PhD, this year’s award recipient.
Dr. Benny D. Freeman of the Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin will receive the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2012.
DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor, opened its first sales office in Sri Lanka on January 20, 2012.
PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings business (PPG-PMC) has received The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) 2012 George Campbell Award during SSPC 2012 at the Tampa Bay Convention Center in Florida. The honor recognizes the performance of PPG-PMC’s spot primer and finish coatings used in the restoration of the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington, DC.
CenterLine Limited’s Supersonic Spray Technologies Div. has announced that Victor Champagne, U.S. Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, is the 2011 recipient of its Cold Spray Innovation Leadership Award in recognition of outstanding contributions made to the industrial development and application of cold spray technology.