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Top Industry News                            March 26, 2007 Issue

Spin-Off Venture to Market “Green” Technology Using Waste Paint
A new venture, formed by a special licensing agreement signed with Rutgers University, East Brunswick, N.J., has been launched to commercialize and market a green technology being developed by Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Materials via Immiscible Polymer Processing (AMIPP) ... Read full story here

Univar to Acquire CHEMCENTRAL
Univar N.V., Rotterdam, the Netherlands, a worldwide chemical distribution, announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Univar USA, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of CHEMCENTRAL Corporation for approximately $600 million in cash, including assumed debt ... Read full story here

Omya’s Purchase of Huber PCC Business Complete
Omya, Proctor, Vt.,has successfully concluded the acquisition of the Huber Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) Business. The acquisition totals 11 plants ... Read full story here

Akzo Nobel Divests PVC Additives Business
Akzo Nobel, Arnhem, the Netherlands, has divested its Akcros Chemicals PVC additives business to UK-based private investment firm GIL Investments. Financial details were not disclosed ... Read full story here

The People File

International Paint Appoints Martin Goodman to Serve in Southern Region 
International Paint LLC, Houston, a division of Akzo Nobel, has hired Martin Goodman to serve as senior account executive over protective coatings sales in South Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas ... Read full story here

LINE-X Names Babiarz VP of Business Development
LINE-X^® Franchise Development Corporation, Santa Ana, Calif., has named Michael J. Babiarz vice president of business development, a new position created to significantly expand the company’s industrial coatings operations ... Read full story here

DataLase Appoints New Chairman to Its Board of Directors
DataLase has appointed board member Trevor Bailey to the position of chairman ... Read full story here 

H.B. Fuller Announces Conference Call to Discuss Q1 Results
H.B. Fuller Company, St. Paul, Minn., will issue its first-quarter earnings release after the market closes on Tuesday, March 27, 2007, and host an investor conference call to discuss its results on Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. Central time (10:30 a.m. Eastern time) ... Read full story here 

Dow Unveils New Senior Leadership Structure
Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Mich., has unveiled a new corporate and business leadership structure, focused on accelerating the implementation of Dow’s transformational growth strategy ... Read full story here

NSL Analytical Services to Expand Into New Facility
NSL Analytical Services, Cleveland, plans to relocate its operations to a newly renovated, state-of-the art facility at 4450 Cranwood Industrial Park, Warrensville Heights, Ohio ... Read full story here

Rohm and Haas Introduces Acrylic Technology for Flat to Semi-Gloss Architectural Paints
Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, has launched Rhoplex™ VSR-1050 acrylic emulsion — a performance-driven binder based on new advanced acrylic technology with a unique polymer architecture and ambient cross-linking durability ... Read full story here

Cognis Honors Outstanding Distributors With DOME Award
The 2006 DOME Award recipients include Archway Sales (St. Louis), EW Kaufmann (Southampton, Pa.), NP Group (Houston) and Palmer Holland (North Olmstead, Ohio) ... Read full story here

Sartomer Enhances Online Technical Library
Sartomer, Exton, Pa., has added enhanced features to its online technical library, including improved search functionality for its Product Selection Guide and easier access to its growing archive of New Product Alerts ... Read full story here

BASF Coatings Earns Shanghai Volkswagen’s Best Supplier Award
BASF Shanghai Coatings has received the 2006 Silver Best Supplier Award from Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW). This means that BASF Shanghai Coatings is among the 17 best suppliers of the carmaker’s total 500 suppliers ... Read full story here

Michelman Launches Website With Proprietary Product Finder™ Technology
Visitors to the completely redesigned website from Michelman – www.michem.com – will find a unique and powerful set of tools ... Read full story here

Pilot Chemical Announces Price Increases on Surfactants
Pilot Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, reports that the costs of Calfoam^® Alcohol and Ether Sulfates will increase by 1-4 c/lb. Calsuds^® CD-6 detergent concentrate will increase by 2 c/lb. Calamide^® Amides will increase by 2-4 c/lb.

Aristonate^® andAristol alkyl aryl sulfonates will increase by 2.5-10 c/lb.  Aristonic Acids will increase by 3.5-8 c/lb.

Calimulse emulsion aids will increase by 1-2 c/lb and Emulsifier 95 & 99 will increase by 2 c/lb.

Specialty product Pilot DABSA will increase by 4 c/lb.

See recent price adjustments at www.pcimag.com by clicking on Supplier Price Alerts.

Call for Entries for Polyurethanes “Innovation Award” Nominations
CPI, formerly the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry, Arlington, Va.,has issued a call for entries for the 2007 Polyurethane “Innovation Award” nominations ... Read full story here

uv.eb WEST 2007 Attendance Up 25%
With over 520 in attendance, uv.eb WEST registration grew to over 25% as interest in the environmental, economic and operational benefits of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) curing technology continues to grow ... Read full story here

ASTM Offers Symposium on Wear and Friction Test Methods for Coatings and Surface Treatments
ASTM International, W. Conshohocken, Pa., will hold a symposium on Wear and Friction Test Methods for Coatings and Surface Treatments on June 21, 2007, at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla. ... Click here for details

Online Registration at a Savings Opens for Pack Expo
Packaging professionals from around the world can now pre-register for PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2007 to save 50% on entrance fees and avoid on-site lines ... Click here for details

Malvern’s Web Seminar Program Growing in Popularity
Now in its seventh year, Malvern Instruments’ web seminar program for 2007 is the company’s biggest and most varied to date ... Click here for details

Call for Papers Issued for Protective Coatings Conference in Holland
A “Call for Papers” has been issued for a two-day conference on Protective Coatings organized by the Paint Research Association. The conference is being held at the Mercure Hotel Amsterdam Aan de Amstel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Oct. 24–25, 2007 ... Click here for details