A new “green” exterior aircraft painting system in development by PPG Industries’ Aerospace Coatings business has shown corrosion resistance comparable to processes using chromated pretreatment and primers. It also provides an easier application than alternative environmentally responsible systems.
When it comes to operating a pipeline, “zero leaks” may be the only answer that is good enough. This is one of the many things attendees of CORROSION 2009, the annual conference and exhibition of NACE International, learned through several days filled with meetings, presentations and symposia.
RPM International Inc. has reported a loss for its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended Feb. 28, 2009, resulting from lower sales reflecting the worldwide recession and traditional seasonal slowness, one-time restructuring costs, and write-downs of marketable securities in its captive insurance company.
BASF has successfully completed its acquisition of Ciba Holding AG. The company now holds 95.8 percent of Ciba shares. BASF intends to fully integrate Ciba into the BASF Group.
The Air Resources Board of California (ARB) staff has posted its final report entitled, Development of an Improved VOC Analysis Method for Architectural Coatings.
Pierre Lapointe, President and CEO of FPInnovations, will make a keynote presentation at the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, presented by TAPPI and Alberta Ingenuity, June 23-26, 2009, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
RPM International Inc. has announced that its Tremco Incorporated subsidiary acquired Canam Building Envelope Specialists Inc. (Canam), including its Zerodraft weatherproofing division.
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