PPG Industries said J. Rich Alexander has been named general manager of Global Industrial Coatings.

Allan Gates, vice president of Administration, corporate secretary and CFO of the National Paint & Coatings Association, will retire at the end of this year.

National Starch and Chemical has formed a Construction Products Business Unit within its Specialty Synthetic Polymers Division.

Lawyers involved in last year’s $246-billion tobacco settlement are reported to be setting their sights on a new target: a lawsuit against the manufacturers of lead pigments formerly used in house paint.

A federal appeals court has set aside the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s significantly tightened air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, issued in 1997.

DuPont has named three executive vice presidents to serve as chief operating officers for their respective business units.

Coatings manufacturing in the current climate of technical changes and challenges can easily cause formulators and production personnel to overlook some fundamental procedures.

PPG Industries announced an agreement to acquire ICI plc’s refinish-coatings, industrial coatings and Grow Automotive solvents and thinners businesses for approximately $684 million (U.S.).

VOC limits on architectural coatings in Southern California are headed for unprecedented, ultralow levels in the next several years following action taken by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).

W. Richard “Dick” Shannon, retired vice president and technical director of Jamestown Paint Co., died April 24.