Following the November launch of International Paint Protective Coatings Centers throughout the United States and Canada, International Paint LLC has named the management team responsible for overseeing U.S. operations.

Solvay, Brussels, Belgium, has closed the acquisition of a controlling interest in Sunshield Chemicals Limited, an Indian surfactants producer.

Paint and coating manufacturer Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc., San Carlos, CA, has selected Locus Technologies' ePortal™ platform to provide a comprehensive, integrated system for environmental compliance and safety management throughout the corporation's facilities.

A new pilot manufacturing facility in Wales is developing coated metal and glass that will store and release energy.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute are studying how coatings with photocatalytic characteristics behave during long-term tests.

Color can add excitement and increase consumer demand for products from computers to appliances to building products.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) plan to reopen Rule 1168 and the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) efforts to revise its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system will be the Adhesive and Sealant Council’s (ASC) regulatory affairs focus in 2013.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant has signed an agreement to divest its Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses to SK Capital for approximately CHF 502 million.

Ben Arnold will assume the role of Market Development Manager for Chromaflo Technologies, Ashtabula, OH, effective January 1, 2013.

Robert Blandford, President of Miltec UV, Stevensville, MD, has been selected to receive Maryland’s International Leadership Award by the World Trade Center Institute.