At its automotive refinish team meeting earlier this month, BASF presented Andrew Lee, President and CEO of Driven to Cure (DTC), and his father Bruce Lee, Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of DTC, with a check for $10,000.

The Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) has released a new Liquid Coatings & Equipment for Industrial Finishing Applications training manual.

South West Metal Finishing (SWMF) announced sales had increased by 15% in 2016 and the company is on track to grow by 57% to £11 million by 2020, thanks in part to support from the Sharing in Growth (SiG) scheme.

Middle-market investment bank Harris Williams & Co. announced the sale of Apache Industrial Services (Apache) to Quantum Capital (Quantum) and Apache’s simultaneous merger with Skyway Canada (Skyway).

The Castolin Eutectic Group, a division of the Messer Eutectic Castolin GmbH Holding with headquarters in Bad Soden, Germany, announced the acquisition of Furnace Mineral Products (FMP) Inc. on Feb. 1, 2017.

Western Specialty Contractors announced that in 2016 the company achieved its lowest OSHA Total Recordable Rate in its more than 100-year history.

Sherwin-Williams, through its Product Finishes Division, announced four winning business partners during the eighth annual ProVisions™ Vendor Awards Ceremony at the Hilton Orlando, in Orlando, Florida, on February 1, 2017.

The INDX^® Knowledge Hub, a suite of online self-service applications developed by PPG for coil and building product coatings customers, has earned a 2016 Readers’ Choice Award from USGlass magazine, a leading trade publication for the metal and glazing industry.

DURANAR^® SUNSTORM^® coating by PPG was selected by readers and editors of BD&C magazine as one of the top building products of 2016.

The Titan™ RX-PRO airless spray gun was recently recognized by Sherwin-Williams with the company’s 2016 Vendor Product of the Year Award.