Creative Materials has received the ISO 14001:2004 certification awarded by National Quality Assurance, USA, for the implementation of a program to promote and practice environmental sustainability while ensuring the health and safety of its workforce.

England Raytheon Professional Services, a long-established company offering training solutions to government agencies and commercial organizations worldwide, has joined forces with Axalta Coating Systems in the U.K. on its Paint and Refinish Apprenticeship Program for body shops.

Chemetall, a global business unit of Albemarle Corp., has acquired the business of Chemal GmbH & Co. KG, Hamm, Germany.

Rhino Linings Corp., a leader in the protective coatings and linings industry, announced the acquisition of Arnthane Inc.

Airblast Eurospray recently completed a new blasting and spraying facility for Flowserve, a specialists in flow-control products.

Axalta Coating Systems is celebrating 50 years of Nap-Gard^® fusion-bonded epoxy thermosetting coatings.

Howard Finishing LLC has retained Heritage Equity Partners to seek strategic options that will allow the industrial coating and plating company to expand operations.

Nordson ASYMTEK, a leader in dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, earned two awards for innovative technology during NEPCON China 2015: the Innovation Award from Electronics Manufacturing (EM) Asia and the VISION Award from SMT China magazine.

After extensive line trials, Maersk Container Industry's factory in Dongguan, China, has begun full production of dry containers coated with Valspar Aquaguard^®, a zinc-free waterborne coating solution.

GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for metal surface treatment chemicals in China was valued at over RMB 16.4 billion, or $2.6 billion, at the end of 2014.