Linetec has launched its new message, "Single Source Solution," for architectural finishing, along with a brand new website and printed literature.

Tammy Schroeder has been promoted to Marketing Manager at Linetec, an independent architectural metals finishing company.

Houston Plating & Coatings is celebrating its 30th anniversary of providing corrosion and wear-protection services to energy and other equipment manufacturers.

Concrete restoration experts at the Springfield, Illinois, branch of Western Specialty Contractors recently spent two months repairing and protecting parking garages B4 and F29 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Walther Trowal is expanding its sales branch in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with additional manpower and a process development lab.

Linetec, Wausau, Wisconsin, received the Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award in the Large category for companies with 300-799 employees.

The Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce honored Linetec with a Manufacturing Excellence Award in the category of Large Manufacturers.

PPG has reached a definitive agreement to acquire The Crown Group, a U.S.-based coatings application services business, from High Road Capital Partners and Charter Oak Capital Partners. 

The PPG coil and building products – exterior coatings group announced that Anacolor Inc., Quebec City, has achieved PPG CAP CERTIFIED APPLICATOR PROGRAM™ (PPG/CAP) accreditation as a premier member.

Ohio Transmission Corp., an industrial equipment service provider and distributor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has acquired both C & C Industrial Sales LLC and Midway Industrial Supply.