PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business received The Society of Protective Coatings (SSPC) 2014 Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence for the performance of AMERCOAT®240 and PSX®700SG coatings on the USS Freedom, the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat fleet.
PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business is celebrating the 20th anniversary of polysiloxane coatings, for which PPG was granted the first patent on January 4, 1994.
PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business was awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) to continue providing coatings, solvents and technical services to its global fleet of 110 ships.
PPG has successfully developed and is now marketing a range of copper-free antifoulings for commercial vessels to help customers stay ahead of future regulation.
Hempel has launched HEMPAGUARD®, a groundbreaking new hull coating concept for the shipping industry that offers both outstanding resistance to fouling during idle periods and significant fuel savings.
Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings launched SeaGuard, an app that provides users with protective coating recommendations for VLCC/VLBCs, chemical tankers and OSV/PSVs.
With the April 2013 acquisition of AkzoNobel’s North American architectural coatings business by PPG Industries, customers can now purchase PPG Protective and Marine Coatings (PMC) products at DULUX® Paint stores across Canada.
Coating formulators are reducing solvent content to comply with more stringent environmental regulations on VOC emissions, constraining the performance of new protective and marine coatings.
The Asia-Pacific marine coatings market is expected to witness steady growth owing to robust development of the shipbuilding and offshore engineering industries in the region.
