Global minerals provider Sibelco, Antwerp, Belgium, has completed the acquisition of Viaton Industries Limited, a UK-based specialist in mineral fillers for use in chemicals and coatings.
PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business received The Society of Protective Coatings (SSPC) 2013 Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence during the SSPC 2013 trade show in San Antonio, TX.
RPM International Inc. has appointed Salvatore D. Fazzolari to its board of directors to replace James A. Karman, who retired after 50 years of service.
Powder characterization company Freeman Technology, Tewkesbury, UK, has appointed ATS Scientific Inc., Burlington, Ontario, as its distributor in Canada.
A Missouri University of Science and Technology effort to investigate environmentally benign, corrosion-resistant coatings for military aircraft and other weapons systems has received national recognition from the U.S. Defense Department.
Total toxic air releases in 2011 declined eight percent from 2010, mostly because of decreases in hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions, even while total releases of toxic chemicals increased for the second year in a row, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report.
A nanoscale coating that's at least 95 percent air repels the broadest range of liquids of any material in its class, causing them to bounce off the treated surface, according to the University of Michigan engineering researchers who developed it.