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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.

AkzoNobel’s coatings drew praise from German motorbike magazine Motorrad following a rigorous long-distance road test of a Honda CBR600F.

Sherwin-Williams, through its Product Finishes Division, announced the winners of its fifth annual ProVisions™ Vendor Awards during a vendor appreciation program at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, TN, on January 29.

BASF and BMW have once again teamed up, this time for the i3, the BMW Group’s first model driven purely by electric power.

DSM has launched a new facility to offer coating services for its ComfortCoat^® coating technologies.

PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business was awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) to continue providing coatings, solvents and technical services to its global fleet of 110 ships.

DSM and Empire Supply of Houston, TX, have signed a distribution and supply agreement for DSM’s UVolve^® UV field-applied floor coatings for North America.

AkzoNobel has developed a Chemcraft Mobile Product App that provides wood-finishing professionals up-to-date information on the Chemcraft brand.     

Greenkote PLC, Brook Park, OH, announced a new licensing agreement with Anochrome Technologies Ltd. through which Anochrome will provide Greenkote’s advanced anti-corrosion coatings to customers in the UK.

PPG has successfully developed and is now marketing a range of copper-free antifoulings for commercial vessels to help customers stay ahead of future regulation.