White has ranked as the most popular vehicle color in the world according to data from PPG Industries. Approximately 21 percent of 2011 model-year cars around the world have been white. Silver and black were tied for second most popular at 20 percent.
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) honored Albemarle Corp., Baton Rouge, LA, and LINE-X Protective Coatings, Huntsville, AL, with the 2011 Innovation Award for the development of a new color-stable aliphatic coating technology.
The Performance Coatings Group of RPM International Inc. has acquired the Grupo P&V group of companies, a leading European vertically integrated supplier of passive fire protection and insulation products.
BASF Coatings announced its intention to sell the decorative paints business of RELIUS COATINGS GmbH & Co. KG and the respective subsidiaries in France and the Netherlands.
RPM International Inc. has reported double-digit increases in sales, net income and diluted earnings per share for its fiscal 2012 first quarter ended August 31, 2011.
When consumers and paint contractors start their next home improvement project, the paint they buy may very well contain a new technology from Dow Coating Materials called EVOQUE™ Pre-Composite Polymer Technology.
The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI, announced that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and SCG, has reached a key milestone for the new propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand by ramping the plant up to stable production levels in preparation for the full capacity run scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2011.
A leading supplier of electron microscopes and scientific instrumentation, JEOL USA, Peabody, MA, and its parent company JEOL Ltd., Akishima, Japan, have opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil.
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