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PPG Industries has completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Hi-Temp Coatings Technology Co. Inc., a privately owned supplier of high-temperature-resistant and insulative coatings, based in Boxborough, MA.

BASF is expanding its industrial coatings business in the growth market of Africa.

Dutch Boy^® announced its 2014 color trends forecast that sets the stage for new days ahead.

The Valspar Corp. has been selected as the recipient of a John Deere supplier innovation award for 2013.

PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business received The Society of Protective Coatings (SSPC) 2014 Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence for the performance of AMERCOAT^®240 and PSX^®700SG coatings on the USS Freedom, the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat fleet.

Yeagle Technology Inc. (YTI) has expanded the range of its 24/7 emergency service for vacuum equipment to include the continental United States.

While U.S. manufacturing has slowed throughout the Great Recession and hit another speed bump during the government shutdown, independently owned Small Wall^® has enjoyed double-digit growth that has nearly doubled sales from one year to the next.

Custom Coatings, part of AIC Group, has completed 30,000 wet sprays of automotive drums and discs for UK-based Eurac.

A new educational guide from Spraying Systems Co., Wheaton, IL, explains how to optimize performance and lower costs in cleaning, coating, cooling and lubricating operations using spray technology.

PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business is celebrating the 20^th anniversary of polysiloxane coatings, for which PPG was granted the first patent on January 4, 1994.