The American Coatings Association (ACA) presented Drew Vogel, President and CEO of Vogel Paint Inc. and member of ACA and PaintCare®’s Board of Directors and ACA’s Industrial Coatings Committee, with the George Baugh Heckel Award, the association’s highest honor.
Dow Coating Materials’ Principal Research Scientist, Zhenwen Fu, has received first place in the Roon Awards competition, part of the 2014 American Coatings CONFERENCE held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta April 8-10.
The British Coatings Federation’s (BCF) Chief Executive Tom Bowtell has been appointed to the European Paint Federation (CEPE) Operational Board, after a unanimous vote from the CEPE Board of Directors.
Myron Petruch, President of Sun Chemical Performance Pigments, has received the 2014 Industry Achievement Award from the American Coatings Association (ACA).
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division announced that it has partnered with Koch Equity Development LLC, a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc., to acquire shares representing 100% of Flint Group’s share capital from funds advised by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant and Ashland Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement to sell their joint venture, ASK Chemicals headquartered in Hilden, Germany, to investment funds affiliated with Rhône, a London and New York-based private equity investment firm.
Kyle Price, a PhD candidate with the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, and researchers from Arkema Coating Resins, a business unit of Arkema, have earned the American Coatings AWARD for most outstanding technical presentation at the American Coatings Conference in Atlanta
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council has opened the call for entries for its 2014 Polyurethane Innovation Award.
Wacker Chemie AG ended 2013 with lower sales and earnings compared to 2012. When presenting its 2013 annual report on March 18, the Munich-based chemical company announced that group sales totaled €4.48 billion, some 3% down on 2012 (€4.63 billion).
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