PPG Fiber Glass has sold its 50% interest in the PPG-Devold fiber glass joint venture to Hexagon Devold, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hexagon Composites. The 50-50 joint venture was created in 2007 to manufacture glass fiber reinforcement fabrics for use in turbine blades for wind energy. PPG will continue to manufacture fiber glass material for…

A commercial coatings group says it will globally market and distribute a new urethane gel coat for the wind energy market. Developed and manufactured by Plasticolors Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio, the gel coat comes in clear for wind blades and pigmented for nacelles. PPG will market that material. The clear gel coat, AGC200, is said to…