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Colorado Coating Company Vies for “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator”

Element One created a coating that changes color when detecting hydrogen and other hazardous gas leaks.
News Item Published: 3/1/2012

Todd Luciano Named Products Finishing Publisher

A native of Michigan now living in Cincinnati, Luciano had been Associate Publisher of Products Finishing, and has been with Gardner Publications for 17 years.
News Item Published: 3/1/2012

Finishing Pioneer Passes Away

Bernard Downey passed away January 26, at the age of 88. He was founder and president of B.L. Downey Co., a Broadview, Ill.-based company specializing in ecoat and powder coating.
News Item Published: 2/27/2012

Sifco Names Oil & Gas Market Manager

Sifco has named Jay Agunbiade as market manager for the oil and gas industry.
News Item Published: 2/24/2012

Kyzen Adds Industrial Products Manager

Kyzen has hired Scott Fouts as Midwest regional manager for its industrial products.
News Item Published: 2/23/2012

Petroferm Appoints European Sales Manager

Petroferm has appointed Erwin Wild as European regional sales manager to focus on sales of the company’s cleaning products in Europe outside of the United Kingdom and Middle East.
News Item Published: 2/22/2012

Haviland Hires Chemist, Promotes Sales Manager

Haviland Products has named B. Rachel Cheng as senior research and development chemist.
News Item Published: 2/21/2012

Coventya Names Manager for POP Products

Coventya has given Doug Lay responsibility for its Plating on Plastics (POP) product line in the Americas and Eastern Asia.
News Item Published: 2/20/2012

Additive Keeps Polycarbonate from Scratching

Dow Chemical Co. plans to introduce an anti-scratch additive for compounding with polycarbonate to compete with ultraviolet-light-cured polycarbonate hard coatings.
News Item Published: 2/17/2012

BASF Coatings Launches New Website

BASF’s Coatings Division has redesigned its website, basf-coatings.com, to offer a variety of information on the company’s paints and coatings, from scratch-resistant automotive clearcoats to intelligent solutions for wind energy.
News Item Published: 2/16/2012