Recent News

AMPP Applauds Increased U.S. Funding for Corrosion Oversight

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H.B. Fuller Announces Divesture of Flooring Business

ChemQuest Adds Two New Directors to Operational Excellence Division

Ty Dawson, Ph.D. (left) and Meghan Patel (right). Photos courtesy of The ChemQuest Group.

KPS Capital Partners to Acquire Composites Business

2024 U.S. Water Resources Development Act Mandates Corrosion Prevention

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Dunn-Edwards Announces CEO Retirement, Names Successor

AMPP Strengthens Maritime Industry Collaborations in China

Terry Greenfield. Photo courtesy of AMPP.

MP Announces Passing of Longtime Editor Gretchen A. Jacobson

PPG Sells U.S., Canadian Architectural Coatings Business to AIP

New Agreement Aims to Drive Marine, Offshore Industry Support

Hendrik Veder Group UK says it will strengthen its load testing offering by distributing a greater portfolio of test weights. Photo courtesy of Hendrik Veder Group UK.

MFG Chemical Receives Safety Recognition from SOCMA

Kate Hampford Donahue, SOCMA chair; Joe Welch, vice president of EHS&S at MFG Chemical; George Graham, vice president of operations at MFG; and Jennifer Abril, CEO of SOCMA. Photo courtesy of MFG.

ASTM International Presents 2024 Cavanaugh Award at Board Meeting

Taco van der Maten receives the William T. Cavanaugh Award. Photo courtesy of ASTM.

PPG Announces Leadership Changes in Industrial Coatings Business

Juliane Hefel (left) has been appointed senior vice president of industrial coatings in addition to her strategic and operational leadership of the global specialty coatings and materials business, and Xiaobing Nie (right) will expand her leadership responsibilities with industrial coatings to now include all of Asia Pacific. Photos courtesy of Business Wire.

SwRI Researchers Use Corrosion Prediction Software to Detect Microbial Life

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) researchers are expanding corrosion modeling software to predict if icy worlds such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be able to harbor microbial life. In this cross-polarized light microscope image, pores are visible in glycine-doped ice formed in a laboratory investigation of Enceladus’ subsurface conditions. These pores could form habitable niches for microbial life. Image courtesy of SwRI/Charity Phillips-Lander.

SGH Welcomes Corrosion and Materials Engineering Experts

Brian Pailes, Ph.D., P.E. (left) and Dustin Turnquist, P.E., CFEI (right) have joined the Engineering Mechanics & Infrastructure group at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH). Photos courtesy of SGH.