Three facilities operated by PPG Industries’ aerospace business have been recognized by Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Aerospace Systems sector with 2013 Platinum Source Preferred supplier awards.
DURANAR® ADS (air-dried system) fluoropolymer coating from PPG Industries is a newly formulated product that surpasses the performance of the original Duranar ADS coating.
Powdura® OneCure™ from Sherwin-Williams is a two-coating, one-cure, dry-on-dry coating system designed to save finishers time and money by reducing the steps needed to achieve enhanced edge coverage and corrosion resistance.
LORD Corp. received recognition for the company’s commitment to employee health and wellness by both the Dayton Business Journal for its facility in Dayton, OH, and the Pittsburgh Business Times, for its facilities in Cambridge Springs, Saegertown, and Erie, PA.
Benjamin Moore has received certification at the Silver level from the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute for its greenest paint Natura®, professional coating Ultra Spec® 500 and zero-VOC waterborne colorants.
PPG Industries’ coil and building products group has published the “Building Products Coil Coatings Color Guide,” an eight-page brochure featuring 100 coatings color samples categorized according to eight product lines and five resin chemistries.
Cool roof coatings manufacturer National Coatings Corp. has added American Roofing Sales Inc. (ARS) of Marietta, GA, and Specialties Plus Inc. of Tulsa, OK, to the company’s Gulf States Regional Team.
Eric Houze, Research Fellow at Axalta Coating Systems, and Bavand Keshavarz, a Ph.D. candidate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), presented the results of a joint research program on new rheological measurement technologies that can be applied to sprayable paints.
