PPG has announced the launch of an online STEM education platform created in a partnership with Dutch nonprofit Centrum JongerenCommunicatie Chemie (C3), which introduces children and young people to chemistry and life sciences.
SANITIZED AG has appointed a new CTO, Martin Čadek, Ph.D., who will oversee global technological activities for the specialist anti-microbial hygiene brand. Čadek will lead the company’s Competence Centre for Technology Innovation, and will focus on breaking new ground to develop innovations in sustainability.
Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has entered a deal with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) to recoat 15 cargo tanks on its 25,583 DWT chemical tanker, the Reinhold Schulte. The agreement follows similar deals struck earlier this year to recoat the 25,581 DWT Rudolf Schulte and 25,620 DWT Rebecca Schulte.
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) set a registration record when more than 670 members and affiliates convened in Coronado, California, for the association’s 51st annual meeting.
For the first time, coatings manufacturer Hempel will participate in the UN climate summit COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Hempel joins the summit to support and push for an accelerated decarbonization, especially in the maritime and renewable energy industries.
PPG has teamed up once again with the United Kingdom’s Science Museum Group as a major partner for the biennial Manchester Science Festival at the city’s Science and Industry Museum.
AkzoNobel has been a recommended supplier of vehicle refinish products and services to BYD in China since 2017. The new deal means that agreement will continue, while extending the partnership to serve BYD’s body shops and approved repairer networks worldwide.
Orion Engineered Carbons announced it has become the first to achieve International Sustainability and Carbon Certifications (ISCC Plus) for multiple carbon black grades made from different feedstocks at plants in two regions of the world.