On April 24, PPG, the world’s largest paint manufacturer, made a third offer in its bid to buy AkzoNobel, the second-largest paint manufacturer in the world.
Assistant Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering Michael Short and collaborators — Professors Bilge Yildiz, Matteo Bucci, and Evelyn Wang, as well as the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory and the Westinghouse Electric Co. — have received funding from Exelon Generation to support research to develop coatings technology that could transform the performance of the fuel cladding in light water reactors (LWRs).
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. announced its partnership with 2M Holdings as a new distributor for the Elevance Clean® product line to the household, industrial and institutional market in the UK and Ireland.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced first-quarter 2017 sales of CHF 1.602 billion compared to CHF 1.478 billion in the first quarter of 2016.
PPG is celebrating the 50th anniversary of DURANAR® coatings throughout 2017, commemorating the introduction in 1967 of one of the industry’s first high-performance polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) coatings for metal building components.
WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS, the life sciences and biotechnology division of the WACKER Group, is strengthening its integrated ketene production at its Burghausen site in Germany.
The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) is seeking nominations for the 2018 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.
Chemical Search International, an executive search and career development consultancy, announced the launch of ChemExecSM, an online executive club for professionals in the chemicals, materials, resources and biosciences industries.