PPG Industries' North American architectural coatings business has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Westmoreland Supply, an independent architectural paint distributor headquartered in Pittsburgh. The transaction is expected to ...
Tags: coatings business, paint
Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, presented its first “Axalta Mexico Science Award” at the State of Mexico’s Science and Engineering Fair sponsored by the Science and ...
Tags: liquid coatings, powder coatings
The American Coatings Association (ACA) has released a video, entitled “Coatings Protect, Preserve, Provide.”The video highlights the value that coatings add to a vast array of man-made objects, and shows how coatings contribute ...
Tags: coatings, protecting coatings
CVD Equipment Corp of Central Islip, NY, USA (a designer and maker of equipment for developing and manufacturing electronic components, materials and coatings for research and industrial applications) has appointed Dr Steven Aragon to the ...
Tags: CVD Equipment, CVD Materials
GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for anticorrosion coatings in China was worth more than RMB 36 billion in 2013, with sales of roughly 1.4 Mn Tons. The study finds that growth in 2013 was only 2.8 percent, ...
Tags: Domestic Market, China, Decoration
PPG Industries and Henan Billions Chemical Co., Ltd., have held a ceremony to mark the completion of Henan Billions’ titanium dioxide (TiO2) manufacturing and research facility in the Henan Province of China. Scheduled to begin ...
Tags: PPG, Plant, Decoration
The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $5,000 to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) for its Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) program. The funding, on behalf of PPG Industries’ automotive coatings facilities ...
Tags: PPG, Program, Decoration
Protex International has acquired Chartwell International Inc., based in the United States. Protex International says it pursues its external growth policy by targeting acquisitions that bring scientific added-value products and expertise ...
Tags: Protex, Chartwell, Decoration
Transparency Market Research has published a new report titled "High-performance Ceramic Coatings Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020." According to the report, the global ...
Tags: Ceramic Coatings, Coatings Market
Sustainability has been a concept which regional and national trade associations in Europe has been encouraging coatings producers and their suppliers to adopt to ensure that the coatings sector move in a more environmentally friendly ...
Tags: Marine coatings, coatings
Akzo Nobel N.V. has reported positive volume growth and, for the fifth consecutive quarter, an improvement in Return on sales (ROS) – from 8.0 percent to 9.1 percent. Excluding restructuring costs of €55 million, ROS was 10.6 ...
Tags: AkzoNobel, Performance Coatings
Axalta Coating Systems has been awarded with the 2014 China Automobile and Parts Industry Development Innovation Award for Competitiveness in recognition of Axalta’s advanced coating systems. The awards are granted annually to ...
The CHEMARK Consulting Group is establishing a global collaborative arrangement by adding aerospace and military chemical systems capabilities. Effective immediately, Chris Athanasopoulos will collaborate with CHEMARK to assist its ...
Allnex has introduced the new performances of its 2 component (2K) MACRYNAL VSM 2521w and VSM 6299w waterborne dispersions from its acrylic resin range. These waterborne dispersions show improved performance that is as good as 2K acrylic ...
Tags: Allnex, Waterborne Dispersions
Axalta Coating Systems, one of the leading global suppliers of liquid and powder coatings, has announced the expansion of its global product portfolio to include Alesta ZeroZinc, the next generation of zinc free anticorrosion primers. These ...
Tags: Axalta Adds, Powder Product