US-based packaging coatings firm Valspar announced the election of Gary E. Hendrickson, who had already been serving as president and chief executive officer, as its new chairman with immediate effect. The new appointment comes as William ...
US-based Dow Chemical has sponsored a customer care center, located in the Vista Ballroom, with an aim to meet its customers in a setting designed to encourage collaboration on 28-31 October at Pack Expo 2012. The company's performance ...
Tags: Packaging Products, resins portfolio, Film Application
Global developer of water based packaging coatings and surface modifier additives Michelman is set to open new offices in Mumbai, India, in a bid to support the burgeoning Indian market. Michelman president and CEO Steven Shifman said the ...
Tags: packaging coatings, Indian market, barrier and functional coatings
US-based injection molding and plasics packaging firm Berry Plastics has completed the acquisition of Frans Nooren Beheer companies, which include STOPAQ, an anti-corrosive coatings and sealants firm, for undisclosed amount. Earlier in ...
Tags: Berry Plastics, Frans Nooren Beheer, injection molding
Indiana-based Royal Adhesives & Sealants, a portfolio unit of Arsenal Capital Partners, has announced the acquisition of Clifton Adhesives. For Cifton Adhesives, which deals in elastomeric and thermoplastic adhesives and coatings for ...
Indiana-based Royal Adhesives & Sealants, an Arsenal Capital Partners portfolio unit, has announced its intention to acquire New Hampshire-based Extreme Adhesives, a methyl methacrylate and cyanocrylate supplier. The move enables clients ...
US-based coatings and industrial solutions provider PPG Industries is currently displaying its line of packaging coatings at Cannex Asia Pacific 2012 currently underway at Guangzhou, China. Applications that use packaging coatings like ...
Tags: Packaging Coatings, industrial solutions, line of coatings
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, near Beverly Hills, has upgraded more than 78,000 square feet of its guest room windows with Solar Gard® Armorcoat® Stainless Steel window film. The application provides significant energy savings and UV ...
Tags: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, solar gard, window films, carbon footprint
Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has published a new report titled "Smart Glass in the Automotive Sector -2013." This report projects that revenues from smart glass and related coatings sold to the automotive sector will reach $3.5 ...
Tags: smart glass, automotive, related coatings, self-tinting, self-cleaning
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
Viracon announces the latest addition to their decorative glass portfolio. DigitalDistinctions™ is a digital printing solution that enables a building designer to insert their artistic expressions into a glass façade. ...
Tags: architectural glass, single-source, high-performance glass products
Following the investment of 25 million euros in Beneq by RUSNANO in April 2012, and as a part of its planned expansion into existing and emerging markets, Beneq is opening a subsidiary company in Russia. The company’s operations in ...
Tags: Beneq, subsidiary company, Russia, existing and emerging markets
Solar Gard® a company of Saint-Gobain and global leader in the development, manufacturing and distribution of specialty films and backsheet materials, opened its new facility in Qingdao, China, today. Located in the Shandong province, ...
Tags: Solar Gard, manufacturing facility, China
With the emergence of new trade legislation in respect of CE marking, the pressure is once again on processors to manufacture to exacting standards. As the industry begins to take tentative but positive steps forward the quality standards ...
Tags: trade legislation, glass processors, precision glass cutting
Himalayan News Service reported that Nepal based Hulas Steel Industries has launched the second Continuous Galvanising Line and Color Coating Line. In view of increased demand for roofing sheets as well as rising awareness among consumers ...
Tags: Hulas Steel, continuous galvanising line, color coating line