Paint and coatings manufacturer and retailer Kelly-Moore Paint Co., San Carlos, CA, continues its retail expansion with the opening of a 5,400-square-foot store in Petaluma, located at 905 Lakeville Street. This is Kelly-Moore’s 105th retail store in northern California.
PPG Industries’ North American architectural coatings business has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Masterwork, an independent architectural paint distributor headquartered in Pittsburgh.
RPM International Inc. announced that Viapol Ltda., part of The Euclid Chemical Co. and RPM’s Performance Coatings Group, has acquired Betumat Quimica Ltda., a waterproofing products manufacturer based in Candeias (Bahia), Brazil.
The UK’s Technology Strategy Board has awarded £0.5 million in funding to a consortium that will participate in a two-year collaborative research project to develop new, sustainable high-performance marine-fouling-control coatings.
The PPG Industries Foundation donated $65,000 for educational programs that aim to teach girls about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and encourage them to pursue careers in related fields.
PPG Industries’ coil and building products coatings group announced that it will reintroduce DURANAR®ADS (air-dried system) fluoropolymer coatings this summer, three years after the products were withdrawn from the market.
PPG Industries reported record first-quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.6 billion, up $528 million, or 17%, versus the prior year.
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