Exova, the global testing group, has expanded the services available from its Singapore laboratory to include a number of key coatings tests.

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have unveiled a semiconductor nanocrystal coating material capable of controlling heat from the sun while remaining transparent.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed a new method for creating a layer of gold nanoparticles that measures only billionths of a meter thick.

Michael Molnar, Chief Manufacturing Officer for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, delivered his first public address in this new position at the inaugural Interactive Manufacturing Experience (imX) industry summit in Las Vegas.

Plasticolors Inc., a custom colorant and chemical dispersions manufacturer for the thermoset plastics and coatings industries, recently appointed Andrew Locy as Chemist within the Coatings Technical Group.

Nubiola has expanded its expertise with the addition of Jeff Cayce as Technical Sales Manager – Coatings.

Nordson Corp. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a $100 million share repurchase program.

The Performance Monomers business of The Dow Chemical Co. announced that capacity for the production of crude acrylic acid (CAA) at its Böhlen, Germany, facility has expanded by 25 percent.

Caterpillar Inc. has selected PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business as the sole heavy-duty equipment coatings supplier for a new motor grader assembly plant in North Little Rock, AK.

AP Plastics LLC, now an affiliate of Adhesives Packaging Specialties (APS), is a recognized distributor for Sulzer of Salem, New Hampshire.