PPG Industries has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first resin production facility in mainland China at the Zhangjiagang Yangtze International Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province, Zhangjiagang, China.
ASTM International is a primary standards contributor to a recent rule approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on greenhouse gas reporting by large sources and suppliers in the United States.
According to the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, global coatings consumption is forecast to be off sharply in 2009 owing to the effects of the financial crisis and resulting worldwide recession.
A group of researchers at the Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, have discovered that the distinctive cellulose nanostructure of Cladophora algae can serve as an effective coating substrate for use in environmentally friendly batteries.
Phoenix Coaters has announced plans to construct a new 303,000-square-foot building in Beaver Dam, WI, to house a new state-of-the-art e-coat and topcoat paint system.
Wacker Chemie AG and Dow Corning Corp. have officially started the construction of the second phase of their pyrogenic silica plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China.
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