A robotic paint-stripping system being developed by Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) and Concurrent Technologies Corp. (CTC) of Johnstown, PA, was named a Gold winner in the materials science category of the 2013 Edison Awards.
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, San Francisco, and Make it Right, New Orleans, are issuing a Product Innovation Challenge with $250,000 in cash prizes.
AnCatt, Newark, DE, has developed an anti-corrosion coating platform using conductive polymer nano dispersion (CPND) to replace heavy-metal pigments such as chromate, lead and zinc.
PreKote Surface Pretreatment by Pantheon Enterprises, Phoenix, has been qualified to SAE International’s Aerospace Material Specification 3095A for airline exterior paint.
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) received the NACE International Distinguished Organization Award in recognition of outstanding contributions by an organization to the field of corrosion science or engineering.
BASF has appointed Chemroy Canada Inc. as a Canadian distributor for polyurethane chemicals to the Coatings, Adhesives & Binders, Sealants and Elastomers (CASE) market.
PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, has donated RMB 900,000 (approximately $145,000) to the School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University to help set up a Social Responsibility Research Fund through the Tsinghua University Education Foundation (TUEF).