Sherwin-Williams’ Product Finishes Division announced the winners of its fourth annual ProVisions Vendor Awards.

Sherwin-Williams Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex S.A. de C.V., a Mexican manufacturer of architectural and industrial paints and coatings, for approximately $2.34 billion, including assumed debt.

Heat-Flex Hi-Temp 1200 from Sherwin-Williams is an immersion-grade, single-component, inert multipolymeric matrix coating designed to combat corrosion under insulation (CUI) in the oil and gas industry.

Sherwin-Williams’ Product Finishes Division has added satin sheen coatings in RAL colors to the high-gloss finishes already available in its line of Powdura powder coatings.

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings has launched a new website (swaerospace.com) that enables aircraft coatings professionals to directly search via their specific market niche (general, business, commercial and military aviation) and/or product system (interior or exterior coatings, primers, fillers, etc.).

$1.4 million project to develop a topcoat for use on military vehicles and support equipment

Sherwin-Williams is developing biobased paints using soybeans.

Sherwin-Williams’ Product Finishes Division has recognized Wagner Systems Inc. as its ProVisons 2011 Partner of the Year.

With the military increasing its use of powder-based coatings to cover vehicles, equipment and ships—the Army has recently announced that it will allow the use of powder coatings in its CARC coverings that are normally e-coated—more assets are getting the powder coating treatment than ever before, much to the joy of the powder manufacturers.

PPG, Sherwin-Williams release improved aerospace paint

Increasing concern about the environment and the resultant consumer demand for environmentally-preferable products has influenced the products finishing industry across all markets and end-uses.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Sherwin-Williams a 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for its low-VOC, water-based acrylic alkyd paints that can be made from soybean oil, recycled plastic bottles and acrylics.

Was a member of PCI board

Reduces 800,000 pounds of VOCs by using soybean oil and recycled plastic

Sherwin-Williams has renamed its chemical coatings division Product Finishes to better reflect the company’s expanded footprint after last year’s acquisition of industrial wood finishing firms Becker Acroma and Sayerlack.

Antimicrobial coatings are starting to make an even bigger entry into U.S. homes. More consumer goods manufacturers are offering “germ resistant” surfaces on many household items such as refrigerators, dishwashers, stoves and other appliances and fixtures. A report by Global Industry Analysts Inc. says the U.S. antimicrobial coatings market alone is expected to reach $1 billion by 2015.

Wagner Systems Inc. was selected to receive the Sherwin-Williams Product Finishes Division 2010 ProVisons Marketing Innovation Award.

Sherwin-Williams' Cor-Cote HB Urethane is designed to offer the industry’s most rapid return to service for coating the tanks of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities, including clarifiers, settling tanks, wet wells and grit chambers.

"Systems and Services for Metal Building Products" is a four-page, color brochure that describes the coatings systems and technical services offered to finishers of aluminum and steel products of all kinds, including windows, railings, appliances, furniture and more.

CARCs advance with U.S. military

This brochure provides useful information about the company's coating systems and support services for manufacturers of agricultural, construction and industrial equipment. with coating systems such as Polane®, Polurethane Enamel, Kem® Alkyd Coatings, Kem Aqua® Waterborne Coatings and Powdura® Powder Coatings, the company has the coatings to meet the standards of equipment manufacturers, plus all the coatings for touch-up and repair of manufacture red equipment while in service.

Color matching and measurement is not a task that should be taken lightly. In fact, consistent, accurate color comparison demands attention to detail and cooperation between finishers and their coating suppliers...

One of the keys to running a successful job shop lies in the ability to accurately assess the costs associated with finishing. Doing so requires that owners and managers examine a variety of factors, including labor, coatings, energy consumption, maintenance and others...

This new color card contains color chips showing 50 new color choices available in Poly-Epoxy® Semi-Gloss Electrostatic Enamel and LecTroSpray® electrostatic Enamel.

The POWDURA® Color Selector and Reference Guide is designed to make it easy for original equipment manufacturers and job shops to choose from a range of colors available from the company.

When The HON Company, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of office furniture and components, realized that 50% of the paint it was applying was being lost in overspray, it turned to an industry supplier for an innovative solution…

Waterborne UV-curable coatings are now part of the company’s line of Sher-Wood® Ultra-Cure™ UV-curable stains, sealers and topcoats.

The Lusterless High Solids Polyurethan Topcoat is available in a two component kit and is designed specifically for miltary aircraft and equipment.

Company will be promoting its POWDURA® finishes, in both standard and custom colors, and are available in epoxy, hybrid, polyester and polyurethane technologies that deliver a highly durable, protective finish for both interior- and exterior-use products.

This brochure offers finishers of plastic and electronic products a look at the coating systems, services and advice available from the company.

When it comes to color, automotive paint suppliers don't just forecast the next big trends...they create them.

The new Design Engineering Services brochure provides equipment manufacturers and job shops with n overview of the complete range of technical support services available.

Good spray painting—not unlike a good golf game—is accomplished by means of proper procedures and motions.

Fender, the world-famous maker of fine electric and acoustic guitars, uses special coatings to enhance the look and feel of guitars...

Coatings are extremely important to the military because of the critical applications military equipment is used in. Thanks to a new CARC coating, Pribbs Steel has no problem meeting the military's demanding standards...

Trailboss has used electrostatic spray guns and a two-component coating to do just that...