Tinseltown's biggest star – the Hollywood sign - has been restored to its full beauty once again thanks to a facelift from Sherwin-Williams and The Hollywood Sign Trust.

BASF received the 2012 Educational Outreach Award from the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) in recognition of the company’s efforts to enhance chemistry education across the United States.

PPG Industries has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co. Ltd. that will provide Henan Billions the right to use PPG's technology for the manufacture of chloride-grade titanium dioxide (TiO₂) on a worldwide basis.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are collaborating in a worldwide research effort to assess any potential impacts of nanomaterials on people’s health and the environment.

The paint and coatings industry has formally notified Canada’s Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) that it wants to establish its own program operation for post-consumer paint recycling in Ontario.

A new UV measurement microsite is now available.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced two funding opportunities for up to 10 grants, totaling up to $32 million, for research on the design of safer chemicals.

The International Paint and Printing Ink Council’s (IPPIC) 3^rd Global Paint & Coatings Industry Market Analysis Report (2011 – 2016) is now available.

Dymax Oligomers & Coatings, formerly Bomar Specialties Inc., has introduced a new website at www.dymax-oc.com.

Nexeo Solutions, a chemical distribution company, has finalized an agreement with Flint Group Pigments for the distribution of Flint Group Pigments’ organic color pigments in the United States and Puerto Rico.