RPM International Inc. has appointed Julie A. Lagacy to its board of directors effective immediately, and has nominated Robert A. Livingston as a director candidate for election to the board at RPM’s annual stockholders’ meeting on October 5, 2017.
Axalta Coating Systems celebrated the success of its partnership with educational institute TAFE New South Wales, with the graduation of its inaugural program’s first students.
AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business is working on plans to double production capacity at its organic peroxides facility in Ningbo, China, during the next two years.
Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC (B&W MEGTEC) has developed an exclusive in-house drying lab with a bench-top system for capturing the drying behavior of coatings on web-based substrates using small-size samples approximately 5 inches by 5 inches.
A large area of Brazilian rainforest located within one of AkzoNobel's sites is being planted with around 12,000 seedlings of species native to the region as part of an ongoing project to safeguard the fragile ecosystem.