Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. announced that an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with certain affiliates of The Carlyle Group for the purchase of a total of 20 million of Axalta’s common shares for an aggregate purchase price of $560 million, or $28.00 per share.
A chemist at Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings is the recipient of the peer-nominated 2014 Innovation Excellence Neyman Award for global technical achievement.
Acknowledging over 30 years of achievements in the ink industry, the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) bestowed a Printing Ink Pioneer Award to INX International Ink Co. executive Jim Bailen at its Centennial Convention in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing one-time reporting and record-keeping requirements on nanoscale chemical substances in the marketplace.
More than 80 percent of microbial infections in the human body are caused by a build-up of bacteria, according to the National Institutes of Health. Bacteria cells gain a foothold in the body by accumulating and forming into adhesive colonies called biofilms, which help them to thrive and survive but cause infections and associated life-threatening risks to their human hosts.
Nissan has blazed a trail by driving its unique glow-in-the-dark zero-emission LEAF along the world's first glow-in-the-dark motorway in Oss, the Netherlands.
Integrating sustainable practices into its day-to-day operations, Almouj Marina at The Wave, Muscat in Oman has teamed up with researchers from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman's only public university, in a unique project to develop technologically enhanced, nontoxic coatings to be used on boats, submerged structures and industrial equipment.
PPG Industries has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Flood® Australia, which manufactures and distributes specialty wood stain and paint additive solutions for consumer, commercial and industrial applications.
Q-Lab, a leader in accelerated weathering equipment and outdoor exposure test services, announced that Gary Cornell was recently elected as Vice-Chair of the Society for Automotive Engineering (SAE) Textile and Flexible Plastics Committee.