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.
HP Latex Inks and HP A50 Inkjet Web Press Inks are the first water-based inkjet inks to achieve the Sustainable Product Certification from UL Environment, a business unit of Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial and healthcare companies, has acquired IGM Resins, a provider of intermediates to the global UV radiation cure coatings, inks and adhesives industry.
According to a new report by Ceresana, Konstanz, Germany, global demand for coatings is likely to reach 48 million metric tons in 2019, due to a rise in demand and increasing application possibilities for functional coatings.
A Rice University laboratory has come up with a one-size-fits-almost-all way to measure batches of single-walled nanotubes that promises to help researchers and industry make more efficient use of the wondrous carbon material.
PPG Industries’ aerospace coatings group has developed a “green” selectively strippable coatings system for Airbus Military A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport jets ordered by the U.K. Royal Air Force under the Future Strategic Transport Aircraft (FSTA) program that combines application and performance benefits with reduced repainting time and associated costs.