For the fourth consecutive year, the Pigments &
Additives Division of Clariant, a world-leading manufacturer of specialty
chemicals, has received several important supplier awards in Brazil.
The LaFontaine Automotive Group, headquartered in Highland, MI, announced that it has converted from using a solvent-based system for vehicle paint repairs to using Envirobase High Performance waterborne basecoat by PPG Industries' automotive refinish business.
Air Products has sold its non-pressure emulsions
businesses and related production facilities in Elkton, MD, and Piedmont, SC,
to Ashland Inc. for $92 million.
CHARLOTTE, NC - Dow Coating Solutions, a market-facing business of The Dow Chemical Co., announced that it has implemented high-throughput experimentation (HTE) technology in the company’s global R&D labs. HTE,
During the Chairman’s Dinner of the National Paint and
Coatings Association (NPCA) in Charlotte, NC, NPCA President Andy Doyle
presented Charles E. Bunch, Chairman and CEO of PPG Industries and NPCA’s
outgoing Chairman of the Board of Directors, with the George Baugh Heckel
Award.
The Sherwin-Williams Co. has lowered its sales and earnings-per-share expectations for the second quarter and full year 2008, revising expectations announced in April.
At the most recent ASTM D01.21.15 meeting, it was reported that the U.S. EPA has agreed to accept ASTM D 6886 GC Method for low-VOC waterborne coatings as an alternative method for VOC determination.
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