PPG Industries Inc. announced the launch of OneSource Coatings.com, a Web site that offers online shopping and services for industrial-coatings users.

Greg S. Niedt, a longtime executive with Steelcote Manufacturing Co, died Jan. 31 of cancer.

The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Societies for Coatings Technology announced that the groups' 43rd annual Technical Symposium is scheduled for May 18-19 ...

Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC has named John B. Talpas vice president of Global Pigment Operations ...

Dieter Engel has been named vice president, Technology, of DuPont Performance Coatings ...

The Dexter Corp. said its board of directors has unanimously rejected an unsolicited merger proposal from International Specialty Products (ISP) ...

A New York state appeals court has unanimously reversed a decision that allowed plaintiffs in a lead-based paint poisoning case to seek damages under the so-called "market share" theory of liability.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Morgan Grenfell Private Equity announced an agreement under which Morgan Grenfell will acquire Ciba's Performance Polymers division ...

California Products Corp., a specialty architectural coatings manufacturer, has started construction of a new corporate office, manufacturing and distribution facility in Andover/ Tewksbury, MA ...

ASTM said two proposed standards currently under consideration will provide a "definitive chemistry" to evaluate the performance of coatings applied to coil galvanized steel.