The coatings manufacturer announced the completion of a community outreach project, in collaboration with Heart of America, to revitalize the Florence De George Boys & Girls Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

BASF’s Chattanooga facilities produce a wide range of polymer dispersions with safety, sustainability, and innovation as top priorities. With operations in Chattanooga and Sparta, BASF employs approximately 300 people in Tennessee and invests nearly $23 million in the state through annual payroll, purchases, taxes, and charitable contributions.

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.

HMG Paints sponsored a new project, City of Champions, during the 2022 World Cup. Students from across North Manchester, England, have celebrated the World Cup with a football-themed event at Manchester’s newest independent cultural venue, Love Factory.

Last month, PCI learned that Valspar donated its fourth mural, painted by local Louisiana artist, KaDavien Baylor, at the Dixie Center for the Arts in Ruston. The murals are part of Valspar’s Be Bright initiative, which aims to inject hope and brightness into selected communities. Read PCI editor Kristin Johansson’s insights.

PPG has announced the launch of an online STEM education platform created in a partnership with Dutch nonprofit Centrum JongerenCommunicatie Chemie (C3), which introduces children and young people to chemistry and life sciences.

PPG has teamed up once again with the United Kingdom’s Science Museum Group as a major partner for the biennial Manchester Science Festival at the city’s Science and Industry Museum.

PPG has completed a Colorful Communities® project at the Bilderdijkhof community center in Uithoorn, Netherlands.

Urban Sight, along with partners, ADM and Tnemec Company, Inc., announced the completion of the Glass City River Wall (GCRW), making it the largest mural in the United States and a stunning and welcoming visual to the gateway of Toledo, Ohio.

BYK Instruments’ exclusive distributor in Mexico has given back to its community by developing a new, locally sourced manual paint shaker.