PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has introduced Cool Coatings for Metal Roofing, an American Institute of Architects' Continuing Education Service (AIA/CES) course. The designated sustainable design (SD) course earns participants health, safety and welfare (HSW) credit as well.
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), of the American Chemistry Council, has extended its deadline for the call for papers and posters to be presented at the Polyurethanes 2010 Technical Conference.
Perstorp has established a new application laboratory in India. The laboratory will meet the growing demand for high-quality and technologically advanced specialty chemical solutions in the country.
The Dow Chemical Co, Midland, MI, and Bain Capital Partners, a leading global private equity firm headquartered in Boston, MA, have signed a definitive agreement under which Dow's Styron Division will be divested to an affiliate of Bain Capital for $1.63 billion.
Huntsman Corp. and Zamil Group Holding Co., a global investment company, announced completion of their new ethyleneamines joint-venture plant at a ceremony held in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Dow Coating Materials focused on “Coatings Industry Sustainability – Trends, Challenges and Opportunities” at the Ninth Annual Oil & Colour Chemists Association (OCCA) Seminar in Manchester, UK.
Glasurit®, a BASF Coatings’ paint brand, recently opened its first Refinish Competence Centre for automotive refinish products in France in the city of Montataire.
In research that gives literal meaning to the term "power suit," University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that could one day be woven into clothing and textiles.