Peter Lewis, director of Communications and Environmental Affairs with Sun Chemical Corp.'s Colors Group, died suddenly April 28 after suffering a heart attack. He was 55.
announced the introduction of a major new color palette, the "Serenity Collection," featuring some of the company's most popular colors of the past several decades.
Akzo Nobel Coatings announced plans to invest 12 million euros, or approximately $10.6 million U.S., in its powder-coatings production facility at Cernobbio, Italy.
Akzo Nobel announced an agreement to acquire the worldwide marine and aerospace-coatings businesses of NOF Corp. of Japan, a purchase that will include portions of U.S. Paint Corp. of the United States and NOF Europe.
BASF Corp. Executive Vice President Frank E. McKulka, addressing a "Greening the Environmental Supply Chain" workshop panel discussion at a conference in Seattle, said suppliers to the automotive industry are responding to a mandate to provide environmentally friendly product solutions while keeping costs down and quality at high levels.
The U.S. EPA, responding to a determined and lengthy campaign by the coatings industry, has decided not to significantly expand the regulation of paint production wastes.
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