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Coatings by PPG Industries’ aerospace business create the colorful characters and “The Spirit of Hong Kong” livery on Cathay Pacific Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER airplane, painted to support the “Hong Kong: Our Home” campaign of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.

AkzoNobel recently announced it is investing more than €6.5 million (~ $8.85 million) in its Songjiang site near Shanghai.

PPG Industries recently announced it has begun operation of a new packaging unit installed at its Gonfreville, France, coatings plant and aerospace application support center.

Polyphase^® S99 is an advanced low-leaching, Diuron-free broad-spectrum fungicide and algaecide.

Kelly-Moore Paint Co. recently announced the opening of its 5,400-sq-ft store in Petaluma, Calif.

PPG Industries recently announced an investment of about $40 million in its coatings manufacturing facility located in Sumare, São Paulo, Brazil.

AkzoNobel recently announced the appointment of Maëlys Castella to the position of chief financial officer.

RPM International Inc. announced that Viapol Ltda., part of The Euclid Chemical Co. and RPM’s Performance Coatings Group, has acquired Betumat Quimica Ltda.

Momentive Performance Materials (MPM) recently announced the opening of its new automotive glazing coating facility in Leverkusen, Germany.

The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $10,000 to create two annual scholarships provided through the NACE International Foundation.