"We are proud to be a global leader in the energy curing industry," Wilfrid Gambade, iGM Resins CEO, said. "Our team will continue to focus on protecting our products and processes for our customers."

The Eastern Michigan University faculty-student research team has been awarded a U.S. patent for organic-inorganic hybrid materials that can potentially replace hazardous heavy metals used in the metal finishing industry, according to Vijay Mannari, director of Coatings Research Institute at EMU.

The polymers enable the measuring of available deposit-control agents in water treatment systems and the reduction of polymer and water usage during treatment, enhancing the environmental footprint of operations. 

Pison Stream Solutions has been assigned United States Patent Number 9,469,768, “Powder Coating Composition Useful as a Finish,” which was issued on Oct. 18., 2016.

Dymax Corp. has been awarded two patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Ecology Coatings Inc. has developed bio-based GRAS (generally recognized as safe) UV-curable materials for coatings.