PPG has purchased the remaining 50% ownership interest in its Asian joint venture comprising IVC (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and IVC-OPS (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. from its joint-venture partner, Omni-Plus System Pte. Ltd.
Axalta Coating Systems has entered into a definitive agreement with The Valspar Corp. and The Sherwin-Williams Co. to acquire the assets related to Valspar’s North American Industrial Wood Coatings business for $420 million in cash.
On April 3, BASF kicked off its third annual North American science competition, which focuses on creating a superior coating finish on carbon fiber composites.
A new online tool that can track the use of biobased raw materials in products has been launched as a pilot by project partners AkzoNobel, Advanced Biochemical (Thailand) Co. Ltd. (ABT) and EY.
