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Jul 24, 2019 | Industry News
PPG has reached a definitive agreement with private equity firm Sverica Capital Management LP to acquire Dexmet Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty materials for surfaces in aerospace...
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Jul 19, 2019 | Industry News
AkzoNobel has announced its intention to acquire French aerospace coatings manufacturer Mapaero. The intended acquisition will strengthen AkzoNobel’s global position in aerospace coatings...
Jun 24, 2019 | Industry News
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Center for Corrosion Science and Engineering developed a safer and user-friendly topcoat. The topcoat is a new technology that is free of harmful isocyanates and...
May 3, 2019 | Industry News
A new class of coatings that sheds ice effortlessly from even large surfaces has moved researchers closer to their decades-long goal of ice-proofing cargo ships, airplanes, power lines and other...
Apr 3, 2019 | Industry News
PPG has announced the creation of an automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) services organization that will aggressively support the success of vehicle manufacturers worldwide through an...
Mar 7, 2019 | Industry News
PPG has completed its acquisition of Whitford Worldwide Company (“Whitford”), The company specializes in manufacturing low-friction, wear-resistant coatings for industrial applications in...
Mar 5, 2019 | Industry News
Researchers discovered the hardest, thinnest, most wear-resistant coatings yet—plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposited titanium and vanadium nitrides. The coatings can be used in aerospace, medicine...
Feb 14, 2019 | Industry News
PPG has announced that PPG RECC 3007 aerospace conversion coating has been qualified to U.S. Military Specification MIL-C-81706, Type II, Class 3, Form IV, Method A. PPG RECC 3007 pretreatment is...
Feb 5, 2019 | Industry News
Researchers have developed an AR coating that improves on existing coatings to the extent that it can make transparent plastics, such as Plexiglas, virtually invisible. It can work over entire solar...
Jan 16, 2019 | Industry News
Researchers have created a silicone polymer coating capable of repelling ice from any surface. The material is mechanically durable and unaffected by UV rays – important for aircrafts - it also does...