A unique partnership has been set up in which four leading companies, including AkzoNobel, have made a long-term agreement to jointly source power from renewable energy projects for part of their operations in the Netherlands.
RPM International Inc. reported record sales, net income and earnings per diluted share for its fiscal 2017 first quarter ended August 31, 2016, despite continued strong headwinds from currency exchange, softness in the energy and heavy equipment industries worldwide and an overall sluggish global economy.
PPG officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the PPG coatings research center in Marly, France, to open a new laboratory and inaugurate an electrocoat (e-coat) aerospace primer pilot operation.
RPM International Inc. has acquired Specialty Polymer Coatings Inc. (SPC), a Canadian manufacturer of high-performance coatings for the global oil and gas pipeline market with annual net sales of approximately $26 million.
With thousands of children on their way back to school, many without basic tools such as pens, pencils and notebooks, employees of Axalta Coating Systems organized a school supply drive at Axalta’s North American headquarters in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.
Axalta Coating Systems has acquired the business of Geeraets Autolak, a distributor of Axalta’s Cromax® refinish coating products in the Netherlands for nearly 40 years.