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Top Industry News                                   May 14, 2007 Issue

EPA’s Revised Definition of Solid Waste May Save $107 Million/Yr
EPA has re-released a proposed definition of its solid-waste rule to streamline regulation of hazardous secondary materials ... Full story >>

Arkema Sells Its Specialty Amines Business in North America to Taminco
The Specialty Amines are produced in the Riverview (Michigan) facility and are part of Arkema’s Thiochemicals business unit ... Full story >>

The People File

CCP Announces Management Changes for Coatings Resins
Marcel de Wolf, vice president of the Cook Composites and Polymers Coatings Resins Group, Kansas City, Mo., has announced two important changes to the division’s management structure ... Full story >>

Deeks & Co. Names Randy Cobb General Manager
Cobb has been with Deeks since 2001 and has served in a variety of positions ... Full story >>

Senior Technical Consultant Joins Atlas Consulting Group
Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC, Chicago, has introduced Dr. David Dumbleton (right) as a senior technical consultant for the newly created Atlas Consulting Group ... Full story >>

ACCESSA Coatings Solutions Adds Key Employee to Grow Wood Coatings Business Unit
ACCESSA Coatings Solutions has hired Bill Goughenour as Wood Coatings Business Unit manager. Goughenour will be working out of the Indianapolis corporate facility and offers over 30 years of experience working in the wood coatings industry, including specialization in technical support and color design. Goughenour previously worked for Gemini Coatings in the Midwest.

Drew Van Norman Takes on Added Role at SPX Process Equipment
Drew Van Norman, chief engineer at SPX Process Equipment, Delavan Operations, will take on an additional leadership role in SPX PE’s New Product Development (NPD) program by facilitating progress for all active NPD projects at the Delavan Operation ... Full story >>

Rohm and Haas Q1 Corporate Sales Up 5% Despite Lower U.S. Demand in Paint and Coatings
Rohm and Haas’ first-quarter 2007 corporate sales of $2,160 million were up 5 percent over the same period in 2006, with higher demand accounting for 2 percent, the favorable impact of currency 2 percent, and higher selling prices 1 percent ... Full story >>

Sartomer Plans Japanese Technical Center
Sartomer Company, Exton, Pa., plans to open a new 356-square-meter (3,832-square-foot) technical center and office space in Yokohama, Japan, in December 2007 ... Full story >>

ANGUS Chemical to Build R&D Plant to Validate Novel Nitroalkane Technologies
ANGUS Chemical Company is building a research and development manufacturing plant to assist in the scale-up and validation of next-generation nitroalkane-based products ... Full story >>

Eastman Introduces Two Specialty Additives for Transportation Coatings
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tenn., announced two new specialty additives for the transportation coatings market at the European Coatings Show 2007 in Nuremberg, Germany. For more information on specialty additives, Solus 2100 and Advantis 510W, visit www.eastman.com/products.

Fitz Chem Honored With Distributor of the Year Award by Columbian Chemicals
Fitz Chem Corp., Itasca, Ill., received a North American Distributor of the Year Award Plaque from Columbian Chemicals Company for the year 2006. The award was presented on April 12, 2007, by James Howard, Columbian’s president, North American Region, to Fitz Chem’s president, Robert Becker.

Solvin Introduces Aqueous Dispersion for Protective Coatings at European Coatings Show
Last week, SolVin, Brussels, Belgium, launched a polyvinylidene chloride aqueous dispersion called Diofan® P 510 for the manufacturing of anticorrosion and protective paints at the European Coatings Show 2007 ... Full story >>

Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes Inaugurates Extension of R&D Center in Bangalore, India
A new 2,800-square-meter extension to Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes’ International Research Center in Bangalore, India, was opened on March 28, 2007. The 2.6-million-euro extension more than doubles the size of the Research Center, which became operational in 2002.

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 in Warrensville Heights, Ohio ... Full story >>

Nuplex Resins Increases Cost of Coating Resins
Nuplex Resins, Louisville Ky., has announced a price increase for all Coating Resins sold in North America to be effective June 4, 2007. The increase will be approximately 2 – 7% and will affect all solvent and water-borne products, including alkyds, acrylics, polyesters, emulsions and amino resins. The increase is the result of continued pressure for all major raw materials resulting from increasing solvents costs, historically high benzene pricing, and continued increasing soybean pricing.

Dow to Raise Prices of Oxygenated Solvents Products
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Mich., will raise off-list prices on a number of its Oxygenated Solvents products in North America effective June 1, 2007, or as contracts allow.  This increase is primarily driven by the tight supply of butanol combined with the continued increased costs of propylene and natural gas. 

Dow Announces North American MDI and TDI Price Increases
Effective June 1, 2007, Dow, Midland, Mich., will increase its price for all Pure and Polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) by $0.05/pound. This price adjustment applies to all polyurethane market segments and end-use applications in the United States and Canada.
Dow will also be implementing its previously announced price increase of $0.10/pound for toluene diisocyanate (TDI) on June 1, 2007.  This increase was previously planned to go into effect on May 1, 2007.

EPSCCA Announces General Price Increase for Acrylic Emulsions Sold in North America
As a result of the rapid escalation of raw material costs, EPSCCA has elected to raise pricing of all acrylic emulsion products effective June 18, 2007, to reflect conditions in the market.  All acrylic emulsions, will increase 3 cents per pound, styrenated acrylics will increase 5 cents per pound, and solution acrylics will increase 7 cents per pound.

WACKER SILICONES Adjusts Prices for HDK Pyrogenic Silica Products
Effective with confirmed deliveries made on or after July 1, 2007, WACKER SILICONES, Munich, Germany, will raise prices for its HDK^® brand of pyrogenic silica products by 7 percent. The price adjustment applies to business in the Americas, Europe, the Near & Middle East, South East Asia and Australia.

See more price announcements at www.pcimag.com by clicking on Supplier Price Alerts.

NPCA Sponsors International Marine & Offshore Coatings Conference
The meeting will be held June 18-20, 2007, at the Ramada Plaza Resort Oceanfront, Virginia Beach, Va., and is well suited for coatings manufacturers, suppliers, applicators, offshore operators, shipyard owners, and naval and commercial ship owners.
The convention provides an open forum for attendees to share their impressions and concerns about significant industry issues. For more information, visit
www.paint.org/meetings/marine.cfm.

The Latin American Coatings Show Returns to Mexico in July
Sponsored by theAsia Pacific Coatings Journal (APCJ) and Polymers Paint Colour Journal (PPCJ), the show is being held July 11-12, 2007, at the World Trade Center, Mexico City ... Click here for full details >>