enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sherwin-Williams paint company to buy Valspar for $8.9B - AOL

    www.aol.com/finance/2016-03-20-sherwin-williams...

    Sherwin-Williams said the deal had 'an enterprise value of about $11.3 billion.' A company spokesman was not immediately able to elaborate. Sherwin-Williams paint company to buy Valspar for $8.9B

  3. Sherwin-Williams - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwin-Williams

    On July 6, 2011, Sherwin-Williams acquired Leighs Paints, based in Bolton UK, manufacturers of intumescent and high performance industrial coatings. [22] On June 4, 2012, Sherwin-Williams acquired Geocel Holdings Corp for an undisclosed amount. [23] Sherwin-Williams acquired the Valspar Corporation on March 20, 2016, for $11.3 billion. [24]

  4. Conversion coating - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_coating

    A conversion coating is a chemical or electro-chemical treatment applied to manufactured parts that superficially converts the material into a thin adhering coating of an insoluble compound. These coatings are commonly applied to protect the part against corrosion , to improve the adherence of other coatings, for lubrication , or for aesthetic ...

  5. Sherwin-Williams Acquires Becker Acroma, Swedish Wood ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/2010-05-24-sherwin-williams...

    Sherwin's network of retail stores saw sales fall 5.3% in the quarter, but its Global Finishes Group posted a 16.2% increase as a result of not only favorable currency rates but also higher paint ...

  6. Chromate conversion coating - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromate_conversion_coating

    Chromate conversion coating or alodine coating is a type of conversion coating used to passivate steel, aluminium, zinc, cadmium, copper, silver, titanium, magnesium, and tin alloys. [ 1 ] : p.1265 [ 2 ] The coating serves as a corrosion inhibitor , as a primer to improve the adherence of paints and adhesives , [ 2 ] as a decorative finish, or ...

  7. Concrete - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete

    Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, [1] and is the most widely used building material. [2] Its usage worldwide, ton for ton, is twice that of steel, wood, plastics, and aluminium combined. [3]

  8. Kubelka–Munk theory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubelka–Munk_theory

    In optics, the Kubelka–Munk theory devised by Paul Kubelka [1] [2] and Franz Munk, is a fundamental approach to modelling the appearance of paint films. As published in 1931, [3] the theory addresses "the question of how the color of a substrate is changed by the application of a coat of paint of specified composition and thickness, and especially the thickness of paint needed to obscure the ...

  9. Color difference - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_difference

    As most definitions of color difference are distances within a color space, the standard means of determining distances is the Euclidean distance.If one presently has an RGB (red, green, blue) tuple and wishes to find the color difference, computationally one of the easiest is to consider R, G, B linear dimensions defining the color space.