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In an ongoing effort to better serve its customer base of independent retailers, PPG Architectural Coatings, a business of PPG Industries, has launched the all-new PPG PITTSBURGH PAINTS^® brand, combining the PPG Pittsburgh Paints brand and DEVOE^® Paint.

Alejandro Basterra is the new Managing Director of BYK Chemie de México.

Q-Lab announced that Brad Reis was recently elected Chairman of ASTM’s Subcommittee D01.27, a group that focuses on accelerated testing for paints and coatings.

RPM International Inc. has hired Carol Baskey as Manager of Financial Reporting and promoted Natalie Micale to Operational Planning Analyst.

Michelman has acquired its long-time sales and service partner, Supack International P/L, making it an integral part of Michelman India. 

Please be advised that the dates for the Eastern Coatings Show have now been set.

In some cases, a company has a product and knows immediately where it should go. GVD Corp. was not one of those cases. The MIT spinoff had developed a new approach to making polymer coatings, which had substantial industry interest. The problem was finding the specific market.

Axalta Coating Systems celebrated the North American International Auto Show in style.

Scott Shier has joined the sales team at Dorsett & Jackson Inc.

Latest figures from the British Coatings Federation (BCF) show that for the second consecutive year, paint sales have outperformed GDP, with an increase of 5% in volume during 2014, against economic growth of 3%.