PPG Industries and Henan Billions Chemical Co. Ltd. held a ceremony to mark the completion of Henan Billions’ titanium dioxide (TiO2) manufacturing and research facility in the Henan Province of China.
For the third quarter of 2014, Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) reported positive volume growth and an improvement in return on sales (ROS) from 8.0% to 9.1%.
Nestled on the bayside north of the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is a covered boathouse with the official title of Marine Emergency Response Facility (MERF). As its name implies, the boathouse is part of the airport's emergency preparedness plan in the event of a marine rescue involving an aviation water contact accident.
BASF announced the appointment of two new Senior Vice Presidents to oversee the company’s Dispersions & Pigments business in North America and the BASF Coatings business in North America.
RPM International Inc. announced that unusually strong performance in its prior-year first quarter dampened comparative results for the fiscal 2015 first quarter that ended August 31, 2014, but that the company is maintaining its full-year earnings guidance for fiscal 2015, which was issued July 28, 2014.
In an Extraordinary General Meeting of Akzo Nobel N.V. held in Amsterdam, the company appointed new CFO Maëlys Castella as a member of the company’s Board of Management.
AkzoNobel has launched the latest edition of its annual global study of color trends, providing added impetus for the company's recently launched Human Cities initiative, which has color as one of its main pillars.
On September 25, PPG Industries marked the opening of a regional headquarters for its architectural coatings business in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
The Clinton Global Initiative acknowledged AkzoNobel's promise to help cities around the world build more resilience to the challenges of the 21st century.
RPM International Inc. has promoted Kenneth M. Armstrong to Senior Director of Environmental, Health and Safety, and has hired Carrie Rogers as Senior Internal Auditor and Justin Williams as Global Tax Manager.
