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After completion of closing conditions, KANSAI HELIOS will acquire all business assets of Becker Industrie SAS in the railway coatings segment. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023. Beckers will continue to serve its railway customers in India and China.

The report reveals the top three automotive colors of 2022: white, black, and gray. First published in 1953, Axalta’s annual color popularity report is the automotive industry’s longest running color account.

The goal was to revitalize an underpass leading to Klingenberg’s middle school, and renovate the school yard. The project brought together more than 90 PPG volunteers, who spent three days – and a total of 1,900 hours – beautifying the underpass and the school yard at the Dr. Konrad Middle school.

The company says Techno Blue – 2023 COTY – is a pulsating color that is right on beat with the rhythm of today’s lively energy. The modern, whimsical shade also embodies the transition from the real to virtual world. Techno Blue is formulated for various coating solutions, and enriches the already diverse Axalta color palette.

The three-day intensive training program is scheduled for May 3-5, 2023, in Toledo, Ohio. Classes include both classroom and hands-on sessions. Attendees should be involved with industrial, contractor, or maintenance spray finishing applications, or spray equipment sales and distribution.

The list recognizes the 500 most responsible companies in the United States, across 14 different industry subcategories. The companies were selected based on publicly available key performance indicators derived from CSR and Sustainability reports. The key performance indicators focused on company performance across all three areas of ESG. 

In BASF’s biomass balance approach, renewable raw materials are used when manufacturing primary chemical products in the production site. The proportion of renewable raw materials is then attributed to certain sales products, according to a certified mass balance method.

The agreement will see APC’s team work on two 49,990 dual-fuel DWT tankers, which are part of a fleet of six methanol powered dual-fuel tankers Guangzhou Shipyard International is building.

Sheboygan Paint Company appointed Paul Krueger as president and CEO, effective January 3, 2023. Krueger brings 35 years of industrial coatings experience to his new role. Peter Kirton, current president and CEO, will retire at the end of 2022.

AkzoNobel has completed the acquisition of the wheel liquid coatings business of Lankwitzer Lackfabrik GmbH, a deal that strengthens the company’s performance coatings portfolio. The acquired business will expand AkzoNobel’s existing powder coatings offering as well as the range of products the company supplies. The deal was first announced in July 2022.