David C. Wasz, president of B.L. Downey Co. LLC, has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Electrocoat Association. News ItemPublished: 6/4/2013
Jotun plans to phase out lead chromates from all its paint and coatings formulations worldwide in 2014, substituting safer, high-performing alternatives. News ItemPublished: 6/4/2013
Axalta Powder Coatings (formerly DuPont Powder Coatings) has named Michael A. Wittenhagen as technical service manager. Wittenhagen most recently was with The Powder Coating Institute. News ItemPublished: 6/3/2013
A new study from the Freedonia Group Inc. estimates that U.S. demand for corrosion inhibitors will rise 4.1 percent per year to $2.5 billion in 2017, with volume demand approaching 1.7 billion lbs. News ItemPublished: 6/3/2013
Royal DSM has built a new plant at the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands, to manufacture its KhepriCoat anti-reflective glass coating, an IP-protected product primarily targeted at solar applications. News ItemPublished: 5/29/2013
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has created a dedicated electronic materials group to integrate products and technologies it acquired from Spraylat Corp. in December. News ItemPublished: 5/28/2013
Atotech has signed agreements with Case Western Reserve University to enhance development of the company’s global metallization technology, and support its material science and application failure analysis activities in Europe, Asia and the United S... News ItemPublished: 5/24/2013
High Road Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of The Crown Group, a Warren, Mich.-based provider of pre-treatment, acid-cleaning, electrocoating, powder coating, and water-based spray and cavity wax coatings to the automotive, agricultura... News ItemPublished: 5/24/2013