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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.

A new study from the Freedonia Group reports that U.S. demand for automotive coatings, adhesives and sealants is expected to increase 2.6 percent annually to $5.3 billion in 2012, with volume reaching 1.6 billion pounds.

Perstorp is doubling the production capacity of its recently acquired Capa® caprolactone plant in Warrington, England.

BASF has launched an expanded offering of epoxy resin systems for fiber-reinforced composites developed specifically for the production of wind turbine rotor blades.

Sun Chemical has named Myron Petruch President, Performance Pigments.

Thomas C. Osborne has joined the investment banking firm of Grace Matthews Inc., where he will focus on coatings and specialty chemicals.

CPS Color Equipment Inc. has opened a new center in the United States.

Customers in the coatings market were introduced to Sun Chemical’s new SunMetallics® product lines at the American Coatings Show 2008.