Hempel shareholders in the Middle East have agreed upon a merger, which will consolidate the company's regional strengths in the marine and decorative paint markets.
Rotex, Inc., a global supplier of screening equipment, announced the opening of its Japan and Germany offices - a key move in the company's growing competitive position in both the Asian and European screening equipment markets.
Wolstenholme International Inc. has announced that Tartan Color & Chemical, Inc., is the company's exclusive representative of metallic ink and pigment and carbon black dispersion products throughout Canada.
Philip L. Pesola, executive vice president of Delta Laboratories, Inc., Ocala, Fla., received the Industry Achievement Award during the National Paint & Coatings Association's (NPCA) 2005 Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Oct. 23-25.
Two leading manufacturers of product measurement and quality control equipment - EGS Gauging Inc. of Billerica, Mass., and NDC Infrared Engineering, Inc., of Irwindale, Calif. - have been awarded funding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop new technologies that reduce industry's reliance on radioactive isotopes.
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has announced that FSCT Past-President Thomas E. Hill, president and CEO of The Coatings Alliance, has been named the 2005 recipient of the organization's highest honor - the George Baugh Heckel Award.