The SEMI Foundation has appointed Joseph Stockunas, Corporate Vice President for Electronics Systems at Nordson Corp. and the immediate past chair of the SEMI North America Advisory Board, to the SEMI Foundation Board of Trustees.
Specialty chemicals distributor Safic Alcan has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest voluntary corporate citizenship and sustainability initiative.
WonderPaint Distribution LLC and Muni-Fed Energy Inc. announced an agreement to market WonderRoof to fulfill part of southern California's local utility capacity requirement program.
Gulf Coast Chemical, a specialty chemical and packaging distributor, has formed a partnership with Unican, a manufacturer of paint cans, steel pails and other general line metal products.
The International Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) and Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) will co-host the International Thermprocess Summit (ITPS) and International Finishing and Coating Summit (IFCS).
AkzoNobel is working to develop a fouling prevention technology that uses ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LED). The pioneering solution – which uses underlying technology developed by Royal Philips – will be applied to underwater surfaces to eliminate fouling growth.
PPG has donated aerospace coatings to Air Heritage in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, for restoring a C-47B Skytrain military transport aircraft known as Luck of the Irish.