Researchers have long been hard at work figuring out ways that solar panels can convert more sunlight into electricity.A startup hailing from Australia,Brisbane Materials,now says it's figured out how to do this effectively using an ...
The Tempering Division of the Glass Association of North America(GANA)was busy last week during the Fall Conference,working on manuals,glass informational bulletins(GIBs)and more.The meeting ran from September 18-22 and took place at the ...
Arsenal Capital Partners,a New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial and healthcare companies,has acquired IGM Resins,a provider of intermediates to the global ultraviolet(UV)radiation cure ...
Tags: Arsenal Capital Partners, IGM Resins&bull, UV technologies, acquisition
For those who still do not know what powder coating is,it is a technology that dries powder to coat surfaces.It is not like the standard liquid paint we are accustomed to. Environment When it comes to Mother Nature,powder coating is ...
Tags: Powder Coating, Traditional Liquid Paints, Eco-Friendly, High Quality
RPM International Inc.through its Rust-Oleum Group has acquired Synta Inc.,a producer and marketer of exterior wood deck and concrete restoration systems.Based in Clarkston,GA,Synta's annual sales are anticipated to exceed$40 million in the ...
Tags: RPM, Synta, concrete restoration systems, exterior wood deck
As from 1 January 2013 the leading clothing retailer Hennes&Mauritz(H&M)will totally turn to a fluorocarbon-free water-repellent product called Bionic-Finish Eco,which they have already been using since 2010 for finishing children's ...
Tags: H&M, fluorocarbon-free water-repellent product, Bionic-Finish Eco
X-Rite Incorporated has introduced the RM200QC handheld spectrocolorimeter to give companies an inexpensive yet powerful way to record and communicate color differences to speed introduction of new products and reduce instances of scrap. ...
Tags: Textiles, X-Rite, handheld spectrocolorimeter, handheld Device
PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) announced that two projects featuring its glass were among the winners of the 2012 Glass Magazine Awards announced earlier this month. The awards recognize the best products and glass applications in 18 categories ...
Tags: market view, PPG Glass
Three of PPG Industries' architectural paint brands recently won recognition in different categories of the 2011 China Top 10 Coatings Brands Awards. Sponsored by HC360.com and the HC Coating Network, the annual awards ceremony in Beijing ...
International Paint LLC has been awarded the GSA Schedule 51 V contract,which gives it the ability to offer its coatings to the federal government. "We are excited to have this contract in place,as it will allow our government customers ...
The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal,Canada reached an agreement to purchase the powder coating business and manufacturing assets of Innotek Powder Coatings of Big Spring Texas.Innotek is a well-recognized name within the powder coatings ...
Tags: Protech/Oxyplast Group, Innotek Powder Coatings, Montreal
Much of Europe is now in the midst of an economic downturn,which is likely to plunge the region into its second recession in four years. But most of Europe's large and even medium-sized coating companies,as well as many of their raw ...
Tags: A Double-Dip Recession, Economic Downturn, The Coatings Sector
PITTSBURGH,Sept.12,2012–PPG Industries(NYSE:PPG)announced today that it is increasing its precipitated silica production capacity at the Lake Charles,La.,manufacturing location by more than 22,000 tons per year in response to growing ...
Tags: North America, Precipitated Silica Production, Silica Products, PPG
The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) subsidiary of SolarWorld AG (Bonn, Germany) has begun construction on a series of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects totaling 25 MW in California's Mojave Desert. The company plans to ...
Tags: market view, solar, PV
The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) held an open-panel seminar Wednesday called "Glass Performance for Energy-Efficient Fenestration." The panel was moderated by Bill Lingnell, technical consultant for IGMA. Chris Barry, ...