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Christine Batten, Account Development Manager in the company-owned stores group of PPG Architectural Coatings, U.S. and Canada, visited Woodstock High School to present a $1,000 PPG Industries Foundation check to science faculty members Kelly Burke and Karen Zayance, along with charter members of the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) club they sponsor.

To accommodate continued growth, Micro Powders has completed an expansion of its Tarrytown, NY, product development laboratory that triples the size of the previous space.

Ross Vice President of Corporate Operations Joseph Martorana announced the successful move of the company’s India operations into a new facility.

Paint and coatings manufacturer Akzo Nobel N.V. reported a second quarter with positive developments in profitability of all three business areas despite a challenging market environment.

BASF will form a global business unit (GBU) combining all of its pigments activities effective January 2016.

Exova Group plc, a testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has opened a new laboratory in Johor, Malaysia.

The Lubrizol Corp., Wickliffe, OH, has launched a new hyperdispersant reactor at its Avon Lake, OH, facility.

AkzoNobel's Performance Coatings business is working with global technology company Siemens to provide coatings and corrosion protection for the expansion of a major power plant in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, announced that the company’s board of directors has approved the plan to add a second benzoic acid purification and finishing process at its facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Coatings manufacturer Axalta Coating Systems has provided the coating for an impressive monument erected by the town of Pau, France, to honor the Tour de France and its history.