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Minnesota Finishing Suppliers See Boom in Exports

Export sales have been surging for finishing equipment suppliers in Minnesota, including Almco Inc. whose export sales jumped 113 percent over the last two years. Television station KAAL recently aired a segment on Almco that highlighted the increas...
News Item Published: 5/24/2012

PPG Expands French Aerospace Sales Office

PPG Industries has relocated and expanded its aerospace sales office in the Toulous, France, area.
News Item Published: 5/24/2012

Integran, Enduro Extend License Agreement for Electroplating Process

Toronto-based Integran Technologies has agreed to extend by five years the term of Enduro Industries’ license exclusivity for Integran’s Nanovate CoP nanocrystalline cobalt electroplating process in the U.S. fluid power market.
News Item Published: 5/23/2012

ACA Addresses Auto Refinish Rules

The American Coatings Association (ACA) has secured interpretive language from the California Air resources Board (CARB) stating that its rule for consumer products, which regulates paint thinners and solvents, does not include thinners used specifi...
News Item Published: 5/22/2012

Met-Chem Buys Water Treatment Manufacturer

Met-Chem has purchased Lakeside Water Treatment, a Milwaukee, Wis., manufacturer of commercial and industrial water treatment equipment, including pre-engineered and custom-designed water softeners, dealkalizers, demineralizers, deionizers, condensa...
News Item Published: 5/22/2012

Dymax Integrates Company It Co-Founded

Dymax Corp. is integrating into its operations Bomar Specialties Inc., a supplier of advanced-performance materials for energy (UV/EB), light, and other free-radical cure applications.
News Item Published: 5/21/2012

Plascore to Commercialize “Green” Protective Coating

A professor at Eastern Michigan University has partnered with Michigan-based Plascore Inc. to help commercialize a “green” protective coating developed by his research team.
News Item Published: 5/21/2012

AAMA Releases Updated Spec for Anodized Aluminum

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has published a “Voluntary Specification for Anodized Architectural Aluminum.” AAMA 611-12 describes test procedures and requirements for high-performance (Class I) and commercial (Class II...
News Item Published: 5/18/2012

Dymax Makes Manager Appointments

Dymax Corp. has made several manager appointments, including Rob Kleinschmidt as Eastern regional sales manager in its field sales department to serve manufacturers from Maine to West Virginia.
News Item Published: 5/18/2012

PPG Pledges $75,000 for Science Program

The PPG Industries Foundation pledged $75,000 to Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh for collaboration with the Harley-Davidson Museum on a version of “The Great Color Caper” science show for students in the region surrounding PPG’s Oak Creek, Wis...
News Item Published: 5/17/2012