The EPA recently issued the last three proposed rules in a series of regulations affecting hazardous air pollution emissions from various industrial coating application processes.
Expancel Inc. has appointed the Chem-Materials Co. Inc., Cleveland, distributor of Expancel's plastic microsphere products in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and West Virginia.
Oil prices that recently hit their highest price levels in two years have sent a wave of price-hike moves through downstream markets, including resins and other raw materials used in coatings.
A Massachusetts state representative has filed legislation that would impose a 5% tax on the sale of paint to provide funding for a newly created "Lead Paint Abatement Assistance Fund," the NPCA reported.
Chemcentral Corp. announced a definitive agreement to acquire the Specialty Additives business of The C.P. Hall Co., a purchase that Chemcentral said will expand its distribution of specialty chemicals in the Midwest.
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