PPG, in connection with LKQ Corporation’s announcement of its definitive agreement to purchase Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW), said it will divest its approximately 40% interest in PGW. LKQ announced that it expects the transaction to ...
Tags: PPG, PGW, LKQ, Automotive glass business, Stake
PPG Industries has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Flood Australia, which manufactures and distributes specialty wood stain and paint additive solutions for consumer, commercial and industrial applications. Financial terms ...
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Coatings company PPG Industries has completed the construction of its $40m plant in Sumaré, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 65,000ft2 plant will produce resin on-site. Resins produced at the Brazilian facility will be used to produce PPG's ...
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PPG Industries held a ceremony to mark the completion of a $40 million, 65,000-square-foot plant for on-site resin production at its Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil, coatings manufacturing facility. Resin produced at the facility ...
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Azelis has announced that it will extend its co-operation with Allnex, a leading manufacturer of performance materials for all coating applications. For the first time, Azelis will offer the complete range of Allnex liquid resins, ...
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All-Flo Pump Company is launching a new line of air operated diaphragm pumps. For use in a wide variety of chemical and fluid transfer applications, the new air operated diaphragm pump line offers an extended set of improved features over ...
Tags: Pump, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
PPG Industries has appointed Diane M. Kappas vice president, Americas, for the protective and marine coatings (PMC) business. The company also announced that Jane Valenta has been appointed to Kappas' previous role of vice president, ...
Tags: PPG, Coating, Marine Coating, Construction, Decoration
PPG Industries announced that Diane M. Kappas has been appointed vice president, Americas, for the protective and marine coatings (PMC) business, effective Dec. 1. The company also announced that Jane Valenta has been appointed to ...
Tags: Protective Coatings, PPG
As a result of PPG Industries’ acquisition of the North American architectural coatings business of AkzoNobel, Scott B. Sinetar, vice president, PPG architectural coatings, North America, has been appointed to lead the combined ...
Tags: PPG, Architectural Coatings Business, Architectural Coatings
PPG Industries has appointed Michael H. McGarry, executive vice president, to lead the company’s flat glass businesses and its architectural coatings businesses in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. McGarry ...
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PPG Industries announced that it has declared force majeure for vinyl chloride monomer manufactured at the company’s Lake Charles, La., chemicals complex and for all grades of liquid caustic soda on a system wide basis. The company ...
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All-Flo Pump Company, a global leader in diaphragm pump manufacturing, unveils its new mobile website to meet customer demand for quick access to the site’s information on-the-go. Keeping in mind that distributors and pump ...
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PPG Industries announced that its chlor-alkali complex in Lake Charles, La., experienced a production outage stemming from a major generator transformer failure, which resulted in an electrical disruption and subsequent shutdown of the ...
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Irish co-op The Irish Dairy Board is to supply own-label butter to Tesco stores in four markets in central and eastern Europe. The IDB said the EUR20m(US$25.6m)deal will see it produce private-label products for Tesco in the Czech ...
Tags: Tesco, butter, IDB, dairy production
This week, just-food attended the SIAL food and drink exhibition in Paris where the team caught up food manufacturers including Genius Foods, Dare Foods, The Irish Dairy Board, as well as the Irish Prime Minister. Outside of Paris, the UK ...
Tags: dairy, food, gluten-free, biscuits