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PPG Industries said three recently developed coatings products have been named finalists for Automotive News magazine’s 2001 PACE Awards.

Two global chemicals and coatings giants have signaled their intent to exit the pharmaceuticals segment.

Valspar and Lilly Industries completed the merger of the two companies.

Howard Jerome, a past president of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) and former technical director of the old Spatz Paint business in St. Louis, died Dec. 8, 2000, in St. Louis.

An alliance of air-quality regulatory officials has issued a suggested “model rule” for control of VOC emissions from architectural and industrial-maintenance (AIM) coatings.

Investor Warren Buffett has made his first venture into the coatings manufacturing industry with a bid to acquire the owner of one of the oldest and best-known brands in the architectural paint business — Benjamin Moore & Co.

Sherwin-Williams announced the start-up of operations at the company’s Aerospace Service and Training Facility.

RPM has appointed Paul G. Hoogenboom vice president of Operations and Systems, Anthony Biela director of International Operations, and Dennis F. Finn director of Environmental Health and Safety.

The U.S. EPA announced the settlement of charges against Morton International.

PPG Industries announced that E. Kears Pollock and staff scientist Ernest L. Lawton have been inducted into the PPG Collegium.