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Building an Industrial Wood Coating Finish

Building an Industrial Wood Coating Finish

A View from a Third-Generation Supplier and Manufacturer
Robert Cox
June 12, 2018
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Wood finishing is one of the last processes in the manufacture of furniture or cabinets and the first thing seen on the retail floor. The wood finish emphasizes the mission of the furniture and cabinets with respect to their look and feel. It triggers consumers’ emotional responses to the senses of sight and feel.


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Science and Tech Solutions Meet the Flooring Crisis

Science and Tech Solutions Meet the Flooring Crisis

Vik Vithlani
June 1, 2018
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Environmental issues and shortages in supply chain raw materials are stretching the flooring industry worldwide. Here, Vik Vithlani, of Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings EMEAI, examines how science and technology are finding the solutions.


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Metal Coatings Add Curve and Character to Fire Station

Metal Coatings Add Curve and Character to Fire Station

May 2, 2018
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Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings and McElroy Metal team up to add curve and character to the Tyler Fire Station #5 in east Texas.


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Prepainted Metal with Graffiti-Resistant Coating Provides Industry-First Protection for School Building

Prepainted Metal with Graffiti-Resistant Coating Provides Industry-First Protection for School Building

April 18, 2018
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PPG and Steelscape have partnered to provide pre-painted metal coil finished with a graffiti-resistant clear coating by PPG for the Issaquah Middle School project in Issaquah, Washington.


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Team AkzoNobel Joins Employees to Add Splash of Color to Community in China

Team AkzoNobel Joins Employees to Add Splash of Color to Community in China

April 18, 2018
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Sailors from team AkzoNobel joined company employees and residents from a neighborhood in downtown Guangzhou, China, to unveil a special mural created by the winner of a student design competition.


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Valspar Helps Office Complex Achieve a Bold Urban Design

Valspar Helps Office Complex Achieve a Bold Urban Design

April 18, 2018
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Valspar and Fabral team up to provide a new open and shared office building, 2501 Smallman in the Offices at 3 Crossings complex, that features a bold, urban design to fit in with the ever-evolving Strip District neighborhood in Pittsburgh.


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Quantifying and Modeling DIY Architectural Paint Application and Appearance

Alexandra Jarriel Michael Krayer Mazidah Mustafa Keith Task
April 2, 2018
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A live DIY consumer roll-out study along with a comprehensive benchmarking study of > 20 commercial paints gave insights into physical paint parameters that result in DIY consumer satisfaction.


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Durable Coatings Highlight MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino

Durable Coatings Highlight MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino

March 1, 2018
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PPG announced that the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino in Maryland is finished with PPG DURANAR coatings in five colors: Kuala White, Natural Silver and three versions of Platinum Mica.


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36 Custom Colors Adorn Interior of Iowa’s Newest Children’s Hospital

36 Custom Colors Adorn Interior of Iowa’s Newest Children’s Hospital

March 1, 2018
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The new University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital features 36 custom shades of Valspar coating, all arrayed in a beautiful interior design gradient.


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Solar Reflective Coating Brightens Chrysalis Amphitheater

February 1, 2018
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Four custom shades of Valspar's Fluropon SR brighten up the new multi-use amphitheater in Symphony Woods: The Chrysalis.


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