The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) supports the efforts of Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) who introduced the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012, H.R. 5865, requiring the development of a national strategy to revitalize American manufacturing.
Bayer MaterialScience has been honored by AkzoNobel’s Automotive & Aerospace Coatings business (A&AC) with The Alliance Award for Superior Partnership.
Scientists at the University of Twente’s MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology have developed a new material that is not only extremely water repellent but also extremely oil repellent.
Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber, Chairman of the Management Board of ALTANA AG, and Frank Bannert, District Administrator of the Saalekreis region, visited BYK Kometra in Schkopau, Germany, for the opening ceremony of the new production building.
Safway Group, Waukesha, WI, has acquired North American Coatings (NAC) and its family of companies, which includes CL Coatings, Industrial Coatings & Fireproofing (ICF) and SEI Coatings.
AkzoNobel has signed an agreement to supply advanced paint technology to McLaren Automotive, building on the existing corporate partnership with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes (VMM) Formula 1 team.