The company will develop and manufacture a portfolio of interior and exterior paints for more than 3,500 Walmart stores nationwide.

Arkema awarded Pierre Potier prize for Kynar Aquatec®, a solvent-free paint resin for more energy-efficient air-conditioning.

Products from Drytac's EnduraCoat and InstaCure liquid coating lines have been approved compatible with HP's Latex Inks on HP Outdoor Frontlit Scrim Banner and HP PVC-free Wall Paper.

A simple and cost-effective method for coating glass wool fibers by silver nanoparticles was proposed by Iranian researchers at Sharif University of Technology.

Teknos and Oliva have signed an agreement according to which Teknos and Oliva will merge together to be one of the leading players in the Polish metal paint market. According to the agreement the new Company will operate under Teknos-Oliva name and brand.

With Easy-Prep, abrasive diamond grit tools can quickly and easily prepare concrete floors for renewed life with Tennant floor coatings.

The company was ranked fourth in the latest global top 300, a massive improvement of 48 places on the previous year. It means AkzoNobel was the best performing Dutch company.

Baosteel Co., Ltd has launched the color coating products development plan recently. Baosteel Co., Ltd shall raise the competitiveness of Baosteel "old brand" products to a new level via the joint efforts of production, marketing and research.

BOcruiser won the Design Award, succeeding SolarWorld No. 1, also built by the university. In conferring the Design Award on the BOcruiser, coated with Glasurit paints, the race organizers have deemed the four-wheeled vehicle as the "world's most beautiful solar car.

DYMAX Dual-Cure 9481 cures in seconds to protect delicate circuitry on tin solder joints. Conformal coatings are recommended for retarding whisker growth, which can lead to catastrophic device failure.

Ecology Coatings, Inc. has received conditional term sheets from a number of individual investors for an investment totaling $2.4 million.

Rockwood's presence this year will be the expanded offering of Solaplex® environmentally sound spectrum of yellow to orange metal oxide pigments alongside the proven performance properties of Holliday Pigments signature ultramarine blue Premier range for plastics.

BASF's Polyurethanes business in North America announced an updated, FDA-compliant product list for the CASE (Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants and Elastomers) market.

Clariant will showcase its expertise in the area of coloration, whiteness, surface & coating, as well as processing chemicals during the 3-day show.

Sales volumes rose by 12.6 percent compared with the first half of 2009 and Sales increased by 16.3 percent to 1,514 million euros.

Dow Corning will showcase its proven Syl-Off® Advantage Series, an extensive line of low-platinum, solventless release coating products.

JA Solar signed a three-year supply agreement for silicon nanoparticle ink from Innovalight for the production of JA Solar's recently announced SECIUM high efficiency solar cells.

Rockwood Pigments will showcase its Solaplex® range, an environmentally sound spectrum of yellow to orange metal oxide pigments and promote the proven performance of the technical coatings grades of ultramarine blue from Holliday Pigments.

This deal complements IMCD's existing portfolio for Coatings, Polymers, Consumer & Personal Care, Minerals and Industrial applications.

The Company reported sales of $13,404,335 for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010, as compared to $9,740,079 in the comparable period in 2009, an increase of $3,664,255 or 37.6% year-over-year. Gross profit was $3,382,376, as compared to $2,305,752 in the same period in 2009, an increase of $1,076,624 or 47%.