PPG Industries has earned two 2008 R&D 100 Awards for its Green Logic paint detackifier and Zircobond pretreatment technology. The awards, bestowed annually by R&D Magazine, recognize the 100 most technologically significant innovations each year.
Two Kansas companies, Premier Paint 2000 Inc. and C3 Technology LLC, along with Tech Line Coatings Inc. in California have introduced the first waterborne clear coat on the automotive paint market.
DuBois Chemicals of Cincinnati, OH, working with ACT Test Panel Technologies of Hillsdale, MI, has produced a new “standard” paint pretreatment/metal surface finishing test panel.
RPM International Inc., Medina, OH, has changed its outlook for its fiscal 2009 earnings to $1.75 to $1.85 per share, down from prior guidance of approximately $1.85 per share.
Trust Chem, Hanghzhou, China, has established a European subsidiary. Trust Chem Europe, operating from an office in Deventer, the Netherlands, will be responsible for technical, commercial and logistical aspects of supplies of the Trust Chem pigments into Europe.
Inver S.p.A., an Italian company specializing in industrial liquid and powder coatings, and AB Wilh. Becker, a paint and coatings manufacturer, have announced the agreement for Inver S.p.A. to acquire the European powder coatings businesses of AB Wilh. Becker.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation has announced the availability of thousands of dollars in scholarships for the 2009 academic year, including eight new awards.
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