Sherwin-Williams
Opens 4,000th
Retail Location in
U.S., Canada and
Caribbean
Sherwin-Williams has opened its 4,000th
retail location in the U.S., Canada and
Caribbean. The nation’s largest specialty retailer of paint and painting supplies has opened its newest location in
Sewickley, Pennsylvania.
“The opening of Sherwin-Williams
4,000th store is a landmark occasion
for our company,” said Chris Connor,
chairman and chief executive officer,
Sherwin-Williams. “Sherwin-Williams
is committed to delivering an exception-
al painting experience to homeowners
and professionals alike. We also believe
in making a positive difference in the
communities we serve and look forward
to showing our support for Sewickley
and the surrounding boroughs in the
coming years.”
In honor of the 4,000th store open-
ing, Sherwin-Williams will donate
$40,000 to Austin’s Playroom Project,
an initiative of the Mario Lemieux
Foundation. The funds will furnish in-
teractive iPad tables in 10 hospital play-
rooms in the Pittsburgh area and across
the country. Austin’s Playroom Project
seeks to benefit families and improve
the quality of a child’s hospital experi-
ence — whether as a visitor or patient
— by furnishing cheerful playrooms
that are safe, calming and comfort-
able. The playrooms feature Sherwin-
Williams paints, such as Optimistic
Yellow (SW 6900), Sundance (SW
6897) and Exciting Orange (SW 6647).
Sherwin-Williams will also donate
$4,000 to the Sewickley Civic Garden
Council for the construction of a new
gazebo in Wolcott Park. The current gazebo is a celebrated cornerstone of the
Sewickley community.
H.B. Fuller Company Agrees
to Acquire Continental
Products Limited
H.B. Fuller Company has announced that
it has signed an agreement to purchase
Continental Products Limited, a provider of industrial adhesives in East and
Central Africa. This business will generate approximately 2.3 million in revenue
for the 2014 fiscal year. Based in Nairobi,
Kenya, Continental will be included in
H.B. Fuller’s Europe, India, Middle East,
Africa (EIMEA) operating segment.
“With this acquisition, we will take
a significant step forward in our plan
to grow in Africa,” said Steve Kenny,
senior vice president, EIMEA, H.B.
Fuller. “H.B. Fuller has a strategic fo-
cus on growth in emerging markets,
and the Continental business will
enable us to deliver specialty adhe-
sive products to key customers in the
East and Central African regions. The
Continental team has developed ex-
tensive market knowledge and excep-
tionally strong customer relationships,
and coupled with their local manufac-
turing capabilities, H.B. Fuller will be
able to further enhance partnerships
with its customers to develop and
produce new and better products for
their customers.”
Hardide Coatings
Boosts UK Facility for
Nanostructured Tungsten
Carbide Coatings
Hardide Coatings has invested a six-figure sum in its UK manufacturing facility – increasing its installed capacity by
nearly 50 percent to deal with growing
demand for its range of nanostructured
tungsten carbide coatings.
The installation of a third large capacity reactor is part of an investment
program which will also recruit up to
three additional operations staff to
meet increasing demand from existing and new customers at its plant in
Bicester, Oxfordshire.
PPG Foundation Supports
Elementary School Program
in Illinois
Chris Campbell, facility manager at PPG
Industries’ industrial coatings manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois,
has presented PPG Industries Foundation
checks totaling nearly $4,000 to North Side
Elementary School Teachers Brenda Slover,
Kerri Meritt, Zack Holtz and April Smith.
These checks supported programs to
teach third-grade students about robotics,
to provide phonetic readers to kindergarten students, to introduce a color-coded
approach to enhancing oral and written
language, and to provide math journals
and guidance for students in kindergarten
through third grade. CW
