PPG donates coatings to refurbish iconic Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster. The wood and steel surfaces are to be finished with hundreds of gallons of PPG protective paint.

Time Inc.’s popular television show "This Old House" named Rust-Oleum’s Chalked Ultra Matte Paint to its fifth annual “This Old House Top 100,” a list of the 100 best new home products of the year.

According to a report by MicroMarket Manager, the global E-Series glycol ether market is estimated to be worth $29.7 billion by 2019, at a compund annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.9 percent from 2014 to 2019.

In an award-winning presentation given at the recent 2015 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, Covestro scientists challenged building professionals and architects to discover the aesthetic benefits of polyaspartic technology for decorative flooring – and took home the Best Presentation Award for the Coatings and Sealants Technical Session.

Blastrac has offered an optional accessory kit (CP-10676) for dust collector models BDC-112EU and BDC-1216. This wand package is included with model BDC-1114-PKG, model also includes HEPA Filter.

Pecora Corp., American manufacturer of architectural weatherproofing products, announced the launch of their new Sealants and Coatings Calculator App. This popular estimating tool has been on Pecora’s website and now has made the leap to mobile devices.

Dow Coating Materials has introduced a new acrylic binder designed to improve hardness in low-VOC architectural coatings. The Rhoplex 800h Acrylic Binder provides coatings manufacturers with increased formulation flexibility, the company said.

Carter Machinery has launched a new website specially designed to meet the changing needs of those in the construction industry. The backbone of the new CarterMachinery.com was constructed to include specific features identified via independent research as being critical to user experience within the industry today and into the coming years:

Bosch Speed Clean bits are built around an internal dust channel that’s milled to Bosch specifications to deliver reduced dust in a lightweight concrete bit featuring 25 percent greater speed. The dust extraction bit system saves time, saves money and produces less dust than traditional drilling methods.

On Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, the American Concrete Institute presented six awards and delivered the next presentation of the Katharine and Bryant Mather Commemorative Lecture Series during The Concrete Convention and Exposition.