Merck KgaA's Pigments Division announced a change in the division's North American effect-pigment brand name to Iriodin, a move that eliminates the Afflair brand for the company's pearl luster pigment product line.
PPG Industries Inc. said it has renamed its light industrial coatings product line “PPG TrueFinish industrial coatings” and announced realignment moves that the company said would result in improved service to customers, many of which are small OEM manufacturers and contract coating businesses.
BASF Corp., Southfield, MI, said the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council has selected BASF’s Coatings Technical Support Center in Whitehouse, OH, to receive the 2002 Award for Excellence in Responsible Care
-- Rodda Paint Co., Portland, OR, said its “Horizon” line of zero-VOC interior and low-VOC exterior paints has received certification by Green Seal as low-emission paint products.
Russell Finex Inc., Pineville, NC, in a promotion designed to mark the company’s 35th year as the American subsidiary of Russell Finex Ltd., said it will give away a new sieve to the company that wins a contest to find the oldest circular sieve still in production in North America.
Ameron International Corp., Pasadena, CA, said its board of directors announced a two-for-one stock split in the form of a stock dividend of one additional common share
International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP), Wayne, NJ, announced that Chairman and majority stockholder Samuel J. Heyman completed the process of taking the company private.