PPG Industries reported sales for the second quarter of $3.1 billion, a decline of 30 percent versus the prior year’s second quarter, including a 6 percent decline resulting from a business divestiture in 2008.
Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. has announced that its new $20 million isobutylene (IBL) production facility, located at the Maeam site in South Korea, has been successfully commissioned and is now fully in production.
Think pink. That’s the message Sico is sending to Canadians this fall with the announcement that it will donate a portion of sales of its disappearing-pink Flat for Ceilings paint to support breast cancer research.
As slips, trips and falls continue to represent significant exposures and hazards in the workplace, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the approval of three new fall protection standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), aimed at preventing these hazards in the workplace.
NACE International, The Corrosion Society, will host the International Marine Coatings Summit (IMCS), slated this year to be held in Osaka, Japan Oct. 13-15, 2009. This event will facilitate the exchange of information regarding the latest in coatings processes and technologies for the world’s shipping industry.
Troy Corp. has received Canadian approval for the wet-state preservative Mergal® BIT20 containing the active 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one (BIT). The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) in Canada has determined that Mergal BIT20 is eligible for full registration pursuant to the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) as an industrial preservative.
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