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PPG Wins Federal Award to Develop Chemical-Agent-Resistant Powder Coatings

January 4, 2013
PPG Industries has received a $1.5 million award from the federal government’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) to develop a chemical-agent-resistant coating (CARC) in powder form for use on military vehicles and…  Read More »
Valspar Announces Strategic Paint Supply Relationship with Ace Hardware and Acquisition of Retailer’s Paint Manufacturing Assets

January 3, 2013
The Valspar Corporation has announced a long-term strategic supply relationship with Ace Hardware Corporation under which Valspar will manufacture and supply Ace-branded paint products as well as make a comprehensive line of Valspar- branded paints a…  Read More »
BDA Announces Sherwin-Williams' Acquisition of Pulanna, a Chinese Automotive Coatings Producer

January 2, 2013
Business Development Asia LLC  has announced that its client, The Sherwin-Williams Company, has acquired 100 percent of Changzhou Pulanna Coating Co., Ltd. Pulanna is a leading manufacturer of automotive coatings for sale in the Chinese aftermar…  Read More »
PPG Receives Favorable IRS Private Letter Ruling

December 28, 2012
PPG Industries recently announced that it has received a favorable private letter ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service regarding the previously announced separation of its commodity chemicals business and subsequent merger of a newly formed…  Read More »
PPG Wins China Corporate Social Responsibility Award
PPG Wins China Corporate Social Responsibility Award

December 28, 2012
PPG Industries received the CSR Award - Special Prize for the third consecutive year and was named one of the top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) companies in China at the 2012 China Social Responsibility Annual Forum in Beijing. The award…  Read More »
International Paint Protective Coatings Centers Now Open
International Paint Protective Coatings Centers Now Open

December 26, 2012
International Paint LLC, an AkzoNobel company, has announced the opening of International Paint branded Protective Coatings Centers in strategic locations across the U.S. and Canada. The launch represents the first phase of what will eventually becom…  Read More »
PPG Completes Acquisition of Spraylat

December 20, 2012
PPG Industries has completed its previously announced acquisition of certain assets of Spraylat Corp., a privately-owned industrial coatings company based in Pelham, NY. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition furthers the capabilities o…  Read More »
Sherwin-Williams to Acquire Comex

December 20, 2012
The Sherwin-Williams Company announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V., a leader in the paint and coatings market in Mexico with headquarters in Mexico City.  Sherwin-Williams will pay approximately…  Read More »
New PPG Brochure Highlights Pretreatment and Engineered Products

December 20, 2012
PPG Industries’  industrial coatings busness has published a new brochure detailing its complete range of pretreatment and engineered products for protecting metal in automobiles, appliances, consumer electronics and industrial products.…  Read More »
painstanbul: Successful paint and coatings event

December 20, 2012
The leading Turkish paint and coatings event, paintistanbul 2012, was held at the WOW Hotel and Convention Center September 13-15 for the CNR Expo Fair Center in Istanbul, Turkey. Attracting approximately 10,000 overall participants, the exhibition s…  Read More »
International Paint’s Interchar 1120 Acrylic Intumescent Fireproofing Now Available in Canada

December 20, 2012
International Paint, has announced that Interchar 1120, a fully VOC-compliant, thin-film waterborne acrylic intumescent coating, is now available in Canada. Interchar 1120 is part of the Firesthetics family of fireproofing technologies introduced by…  Read More »
Grace Matthews advises Spraylat Corp. on its Sale to PPG Industries

December 19, 2012
Grace Matthews, Inc. has announced PPG Industries has acquried Spraylat Corporation, a global producer of industrial powder and liquid coatings. Headquartered in Pelham, NY, Spraylat maintains manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, and As…  Read More »
AkzoNobel Wins Airbus SQIP Silver Award

December 19, 2012
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings has been recognized by Airbus Industries at their Supply Chain and Quality Improvement Program (SQIP) event 2012. As one of Airbus’ most strategic suppliers, AkzoNobel received the Silver Award for supply chain and…  Read More »
HMG Paints Opens New Training and Innovation Center in Manchester
HMG Paints Opens New Training and Innovation Center in Manchester

December 18, 2012
HMG Paints recently opened The Newton Centre and The Riverside Building at their manufacturing site in Collyhurst, Manchester, UK. The new facilities provide the company with a brand new center of excellence, focusing on innovation, manufacturing, de…  Read More »
PPG to acquire AkzoNobel North American Architectural Coatings Business

December 14, 2012
 PPG Industries  announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the North American architectural coatings business of AkzoNobel, N.V., Amsterdam, in a deal valued at $1.05 billion. The transaction has been approved by the b…  Read More »

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