The new Learning Resource Center (LRC) instructional labs offer hands-on technical facilities for pump, valve and seal-system optimization and maintenance training.
The Valspar Corporation has agreed to acquire a significant majority of the share capital of Huarun Paints Holdings Company Limited, one of China's largest independent coatings companies, from Champion Regal, a Hong Kong-based investment company.
Atlas Weathering Services Group (AWSG), a division of Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC, continues to make progress in consolidating its Florida operations and opening new headquarters in Miami.
Dow has announced that its polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (PMDI) facility at Freeport, Texas, has completed its startup phase and is now fully operational.
Alcro-Beckers AB, part of the Finnish Tikkurila that is responsible for the Kemira Group's paint business, has agreed to sell its plant site located near the center of Stockholm to Skanska.
Maroon, Inc., Avon, Ohio, and Harry W. Gaffney & Co., Inc., Warminster, Pa. have formed a strategic sales and marketing alliance between their companies.
PPG Industries has acquired certain assets of privately held Eldorado Chemical Co., Inc., Indianapolis, a manufacturer of paint strippers and technical cleaners for the aerospace industry.
Engelhard Corporation, one of the largest surface and materials-science companies in the world, has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which BASF will acquire all the outstanding shares of Engelhard for $39 per share in cash.