The North American Industrial Coating Show will take place October 4-6, 2011, at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, OH.

PPG Industries and its subsidiary, PPG Colombia, have entered into an agreement to purchase the coatings businesses of Colpisa Colombiana de Pinturas, a privately owned Colombian coatings company, and its affiliates, including Colpisa Ecuador.

RPM International Inc. announced that its Performance Coatings Group has acquired API S.p.A., a $28 million producer and installer of polyurethane and urethane-based flooring and decking solutions for cruise ships, mega-yachts and naval applications.

AkzoNobel has announced changes to the company’s country leadership and several new business unit appointments.

Ecology Coatings Inc. has been nominated for the Michigan Green Chemistry Governor’s Award Program for 2011.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is increasing the type and amount of information it collects on commercial chemicals from chemical manufacturers.

Evonik Industries successfully completed the divestment of its carbon black activities on July 29, 2011.

Cytec: When used as a co-resin, ADDITOL® LED 01 transforms UV-curable formulations into lower-energy, UV LED-curable formulations. Traditional UV-curable coatings and inks cannot be instantaneously and completely cured with currently

Brenntag, a chemical distribution company, signed a purchase agreement to acquire 100 percent of Zhong Yung (International) Chemical Ltd.

The Emulsion Polymers business of Celanese Corp. formally dedicated its expanded vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) unit in Nanjing, China.