Visitors to the race villages in the forthcoming Volvo Ocean Race will be able to explore a life-size replica of the competing Volvo Ocean 65 yachts as part of a major attraction being presented in partnership with AkzoNobel.

ASRC Industrial Services (AIS), Concord, California, has acquired US Coatings Inc. (USC), a Mobile, Alabama-based marine specialty coatings company.

Nominations are due by Oct. 2, 2017, for the 2017 Tank of the Year contest.

B.L. Downey Co., Broadview, Illinois, has achieved the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Standard Certification.

IFS Coatings announced the launch of the IFS Advance program, a collection of five different advanced IFS products and services designed to advance and improve the powder coating process.

PPG and Steelscape have partnered to provide pre-painted metal coil finished with DURANAR^® GR (graffiti-resistant) clear coating by PPG for the Issaquah Middle School project in Issaquah, Washington. 

The installation of a new, one-of-a-kind automated powder coat line will improve productivity and efficiency at the OMT-Veyhl USA manufacturing unit. 

Elite Paint is the first paint company in Bangladesh to achieve Lead Safe Paint^® certification.

Datacolor^®, a leader in color management solutions and color communication technology, will provide color matching solutions to Jotun’s 38 production facilities worldwide. 

Valentus Specialty Chemicals announced that it has partnered with PoloPlaz Inc., Jacksonville, Arkansas, to create one of the industry’s leading wood floor coatings companies.