PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings (PMC) business has been selected as a recipient of The Society for Protective Coatings' (SSPC) George Campbell Award for 2009-2010.
International® Paint will invest $10.3 million to build a new testing laboratory for fire-protection products at its manufacturing site at Felling, UK.
As of Feb. 2, 2010, SKion GmbH held 129,342,421 shares, or 95.04 percent, of ALTANA and is requesting that ALTANA AG convene a shareholders meeting intended to facilitate SKion’s purchase of the remaining five percent of the company.
The Dow Chemical Co. reported sales of $12.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009, representing a 15 percent increase compared with reported sales in the same period last year.
The majority of private U.S. companies are optimistic about the U.S. economy in 2010, according to a global survey of 7,400 private firms in 36 countries.