Douglas C. Hepper has been appointed vice president of Automotive Refinish at PPG Industries.

Bayer was experiencing an adhesion problem with its product identification decals.

Hercules announced an agreement to sell its hydrocarbon-resins and certain parts of its rosins resins businesses to Eastman Chemical.

Eight major chemical companies announced a definitive agreement formally creating Elemica.

ASTM will offer a training course on laboratory accelerated-weathering testing, “Weathering and Durability,” on Oct. 17–18.

Spraylat has named Raymond T. Chlodney president.

Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC has announced plans for a 10% increase in production capacity at its Kwinana titanium dioxide (TiO₂) pigment plant.

ICI announced the appointment of Ian McMahon as chief executive, North America, of ICI Paints.

Huntsman Tioxide said it plans to carry out a feasibility study for the construction of a 50,000-metric-ton (mt) per-year chloride-process titanium dioxide (TiO₂) production facility at Caojing, China.

Hirshfield’s Paint Manufacturing has donated 400 gallons of recycled latex paint to Metro Paint-A-Thon.