PPG’s Duranar powder coatings have earned a 2009 R&D 100 Award. The honor recognizes the 100 most technologically significant products introduced in the past year as selected by an independent judging panel and editors of R&D Magazine. Duranar powder coatings are the result of a unique color-blending and manufacturing process that, for the first time, enables powder coatings to be economically produced in small batches of custom colors tailored precisely to individual customers’ specifications. The new process also has the potential to make powder coatings for architectural aluminum “greener” by reducing the material waste and amount of energy used in their manufacture.