Bayer MaterialScience has been honored by AkzoNobel's Automotive&Aerospace Coatings business(A&AC)with"The Alliance Award for Superior Partnership".Bayer MaterialScience has long supplied the Amsterdam-based company and world's largest ...
PPG Industries has announced the induction of four science and technology leaders as “distinguished colleagues” into the PPG Collegium. At a recent dinner, Chairman and CEO Charles E. Bunch and chief technology officer Charles ...
BASF has named Paul Whittleston as vice president for Automotive Refinish Coatings in North America, effective January 1, 2013. In his new role, Whittleston will be based in Southfield, Michigan. Prior to this appointment, ...
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PPG Industries' industrial coatings business has published a new brochure detailing its complete range of pretreatment and engineered products for protecting metal in automobiles, appliances, consumer electronics and industrial products. ...
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PPG Industries' Charles Bunch, chairman and CEO, along with Charles Kahle the company's chief technology officer, recognized four science and technology leaders into the PPG Collegium. The individuals were selected based on their ...
Tags: automotive coatings, decorative coatings, automotive finishing
Continental Mills, a US-based prepared flour mixes manufacturer, has sold its Industrial Food Coatings business to Newly Weds Foods for an undisclosed amount. Newly Weds Foods is a privately-held company in Chicago, Illinois, which ...
Tags: Krusteaz pancake, baking mixes, Ghirardelli brownies, cookie mixes
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will display its complete line of fastener coatings for the automotive and construction industries at the 2012 Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association (STAFDA) trade show, ...
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International Paint LLC has appointed Scott Doering to the newly created position of vice president Protective Coatings business development, North America. In this role, Doering will be responsible for developing the strategic sales and ...
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DuPont Co. announced that it will eliminate 1,500 jobs after posting a smaller-than-estimated third-quarter profit DuPont reported third-quarter 2012 earnings from continuing operations were $0.32 per share versus $0.60 per share in the ...
PPG Industries reported third quarter 2012 net sales of $3.8 billion. Net income for the quarter was $339 million, including nonrecurring charges. Adjusted net income for the quarter, excluding the nonrecurring charges, was $348 million. ...
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In their annual results for 2011, coatings producers in Europe have been predicting that 2012 will be much the same overall as last year in terms of growth in sales and profits. There would, nonetheless, be one major difference between the ...
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Prior to the pricing mania that exists today, the last big party for fluoropolymers occurred in the late 1990s when demand was growing and pricing was firm in the years leading up to Y2K. However, in the first decade of new millennium, ...
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PPG has released its Paint Color Portfolio "fan deck" with 2012-2013 color trends to help architects, designers, commercial builders and building owners update, renovate or build new hotel, retail, office and health care facilities. Within ...
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International Paint's protective coatings business opened a £6.4 million (€7.1 million) testing laboratory for fire protection products at its Felling, UK site. "The new facility significantly improves our ability to develop and ...
Industrial coatings manufacturers express optimism for the coming year. The industrial coatings market is beginning to recover from the recent economic downturn. The strengthening global economy has led to an increase in newbuilding and ...
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