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AkzoNobel, American Chemical Society Honor Chemist with Inaugural North America Science Award

January 31, 2013
AkzoNobel and the American Chemical Society (ACS) announced Carnegie Mellon University Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski, Ph.D. as the winner of the inaugural AkzoNobel North America Science Award for his cutting-edge polymer chemistry researc…  Read More »
Dunn-Edwards Unveils Acri-Wall Zero VOC, Low-odor Interior Flat Paint

January 31, 2013
Dunn-Edwards has introduced Acri-Wall, a professional, zero VOC, low-odor interior flat paint that is ideally suited for use on new residential, commercial and multi-tenant housing projects. Acri-Wall exhibits excellent touch-up and good hide, and is…  Read More »
LANXESS to Build Iron Oxide Red Pigments Production Plant for Paints and Coatings in China

January 31, 2013
LANXESS is expanding its global production network for inorganic pigments in China. A new high-tech facility for premium iron oxide red pigments is being constructed at the Ningbo Chemical Park on the Chinese East Coast. The plant, with modern envir…  Read More »
PPG's PSX ONE Earns SSPC Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence

January 30, 2013
PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings (PMC) business received the 2013 Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence from SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings during the SSPC 2013 trade show at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Cente…  Read More »
Huntsman to Launch Transformation Program at its Advanced Materials Division

January 30, 2013
Huntsman Corporation recently announced plans to launch a global transformational change program across its Advanced Materials division, as part of an on-going strategic plan designed to improve the company's manufacturing efficiencies, enhance c…  Read More »
New Ross Double Planetary Mixer with Special Finger Blades
New Ross Double Planetary Mixer with Special Finger Blades

January 30, 2013
Ross introduces a new agitator blade design for their line of Double Planetary Mixers. Pictured is a 100-gallon model equipped with two identical rectangular stirrers with upward rake fingers. Designed to rotate on their own axes while orbiting the v…  Read More »
Kansai Paints Announces Three Year Partnership with Manchester United

January 29, 2013
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. has announced a three year partnership with Manchester United Football Club, as its first global paint partner. In response to the partnership Yuzo Kawamori, president of Kansai Paint stated that "Both Kansai Paint and Ma…  Read More »
Union Process Builds SD-50 Attritor

January 29, 2013
Union Process, Inc. has manufactured a dry grinding SD-50 Attritor for a customer in the advanced ceramics industry. The SD-50 dry grinding Attritor was designed with a special two-piece cover with brush seal for dust control. The Attritor was fabric…  Read More »
PPG Releases 2013 Show Truck Appearance Schedule
PPG Releases 2013 Show Truck Appearance Schedule

January 29, 2013
PPG Industries'  automotive refinish business has announced the 2013 tour schedule of its eye-catching show truck. The custom-painted, 75-foot-long 2007 Coronado Freightliner tractor-trailer rig – sporting flames, colorful graphics, da…  Read More »
First Ever Eastern Coatings Show Emphasizes 21st Century Coatings Technology

January 28, 2013
Hosted by three organizations, the Metropolitan New York Coatings Association, the Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology and the New England Society for Coatings Technology, the first ever Eastern Coatings Show will be presented at the Taj Mah…  Read More »
Matrix System Kicks Off Its 30th Anniversary

January 28, 2013
Matrix System Automotive Finishes will celebrate 30 years in the automotive paint industry this year. Matrix System has announced plans to reveal a throwback label and new commemorative logo. Matrix System, established in 1983 in Walled Lake, MI was…  Read More »
AkzoNobel Announces Management Changes

January 28, 2013
AkzoNobel  announced that Graeme Armstrong will become managing director Surface Chemistry and country director for North America. Armstrong is currently executive committee member responsible for Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I).…  Read More »
Valspar Awarded Contract to Supply Coating for Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

January 25, 2013
The Valspar Corporation has been selected as the major supplier of concrete reinforcing steel coatings for the Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge in China. When completed in 2016, the length of the bridge will span nearly 50 kilometers (30 miles) and is ex…  Read More »
Trimite Global Coatings Acquires Trimite Brand Names and IPR

January 25, 2013
Trimite Global Coatings has purchased all intellectual property (IPR), including trademarks and brand names, relating to the former Trimite Ltd. business that went into administration in March 2009. Stretford Group, the owner of Trimite Global Coatin…  Read More »
DuPont Announces Leadership Changes for Engineering and Investor Relations

January 25, 2013
DuPont has named Karen A. Fletcher chief engineer and vice president of Engineering and Carl J. Lukach vice president of Investor Relations. Fletcher previously vice president of Investor Relations, has held a range of technical and business leaders…  Read More »

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