The 60,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is the first shared research and development center for the company. It is designed to foster partnership and harness collective expertise among RPM companies to accelerate innovation for their customers.
PPG’s silica products business, which operates within the company’s specialty coatings and materials strategic business unit, manufactures and supplies precipitated silica products to major manufacturers around the world as performance-enhancing additives.
The new facility is a key strategic investment to strengthen the distribution platform in Southeast Asia, where customers will benefit from fast and flexible solvent-based solutions and access to regional supply chain services.
Korinna Möller-Boxberger and Frank Haug have assumed sole ownership of Bodo Möller Chemie since Viola Möller’s departure on December 7, 2023, with Frank Haug now the majority shareholder. The company thus remains a cross-generational family enterprise.
"In 2024, the RadTech Board and membership will continue educational efforts to not only encourage the development of new materials, processes, and applications, but to better inform policy makers, regulators, and the general public about the importance of UV+EB to advanced, responsible manufacturing," said Michael Gould, RadTech President, RAHN USA.
Noblelight specializes in the development and manufacture of specialty lighting components and system solutions, from ultraviolet to infrared, and the acquisition is the latest in a series by Excelitas Technologies since its establishment in 2010.
Lu Anne Green will be responsible for overseeing all manufacturing operations across the company's Connecticut-based operating locations, with a focus on planning and prioritizing customer, employee, and manufacturing requirements.
The focus of the co-operation will be on developing improved black mass production processes to achieve high recovery rates for metals such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt to support closed loop solutions for the European electric vehicle battery market.
Seven broad consortia have been established as part of the government-funded “Perspectief” program, with AkzoNobel set to play a leading role in the SusInkCoat project, which will explore how to make inks and coatings more sustainable.
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