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Insider News is a service of the National Paint & Coatings Association and Paint & Coatings Industry magazine
If you have information you would like to have included in this newsletter, please contact:
Karen Parker, Associate Editor
1679 Witherbee
Troy, MI 48084
Phone: 248-229-2681
Email: parkerpcimag@gmail.com
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States Issue Decision on Lead Paint
The Missouri and New Jersey Supreme Courts issued rulings with a straightforward and unambiguous result: public nuisance causes of action by municipalities seeking damages for ill-maintained dwellings, from historical manufacturers of ordinary and necessary products, are declared terminated ...
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Market Study on Color Pigments Started
To address the enormous changes faced by the world market for pigments over the next 10 years, Ceresana Research, Constance, Germany, has begun a comprehensive study of the pigment market ... Full story >>
New ASTM Manual Published
ASTM International has published Manual 46, Metallographic and Materialographic Specimen Preparation, Light Microscopy, Image Analysis and Hardness Testing ... Full story >> |
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Basell to Buy Huntsman Corporation
Basell, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, a leader in polyolefins technology, production and marketing, signed an agreement to buy Huntsman Corporation, Salt Lake City, a manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals and pigments ... Full story >>
Rohm and Haas Sells European Automotive Coatings Business
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, has finalized the sale of its European Automotive Coatings business, including its manufacturing site in Strullendorf, Germany, to the Mader Group, a leading independent manufacturer of hi-tech industrial paints and coatings ...
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H.B. Fuller Has Strong Second Quarter
H.B. Fuller Company, St. Paul, MN, reports second quarter net income from continuing operations increased over 45 percent to $27.3 million from $18.7 million in the second quarter of last year ...
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Rohm and Haas Makes Organizational Changes
Effective July 1, 1007, Rohm and Haas Company moves Patrice Barthelmes, Gray Wirth, Carol Eicher and Clive Grannum to new positions ... Full story >>
H.B. Fuller Names Corradini Chief Strategy Officer
Effective July 16, 2007, Fabrizio Corradini will join H.B. Fuller Company, St. Paul, MN, as Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer ... Full story >>
Chemtura Makes New Appointments
Chemtura Corporation, Middlebury, CT, has assigned Ian Laskowitz, Jonathan Sterling, Frank Agyeman and Gerald King as new specialists in its Urethanes business ... Full story >>
OBITUARY
Finishes Unlimited Mourns Loss of Founder
Henry (Hank) Godshalk, who founded Finishes Unlimited in 1970 with his wife Zoe, has passed away. He is survived by his wife and two daughters ... Full story >> |
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True Value Names Gardner-Gibson Supplier of the Year
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Alex Ogle, Division VP, True Value; Tripp Hyer, VP/Sales & Marketing, Gardner-Gibson; Debbie Randall, Global Product Merchant - Lumber Building Materials, True Value; Raymond T. Hyer, President & CEO, Gardner Industries; Mike Armagno, National Account Manager, Gardner-Gibson; Steve Mahurin, SVP & CMO, True Value)
True Value Company, Chicago, has named Gardner-Gibson Supplier of the Year for outstanding service within the lumber building materials category ... Full story >>
Rohm and Haas Invests $60 Million in Immersion Lithography System
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, Marlborough, MA, will invest $60 million in leading-edge lithography equipment to support its extensive research and development of advanced 193 nanometer (nm) photoresist and anti-reflective coatings used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices ...
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Perstorp and Chemanol to Build Penta Plant in Saudi Arabia
Perstorp and Chamanol have entered an agreement to build a Penta plant in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, strengthening their positions in this geographic area ... Full story >>
HORIBA Instruments Unveils New Website
HORIBA Instruments, Inc. Irvine, CA, has redesigned the website for its Scientific Division. The revised site, www.horibalab.com, contains more information for existing users of HORIBA analyzers and those people who want to learn more about particle, petroleum, and water quality analyzers ...
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Whitehouse Scientific Launches New E-Brochure
To help customers order more easily, Whitehouse Scientific has introduced a new E-brochure onto the company’s website. Whether the interest is in polydisperse, monodisperse or sieve calibration standards, a single-page brochure containing technical information and prices can be downloaded directly from the website. For full details visit
www.whitehousescientific.com.
Cognis Carves out Process Chemicals Strategic Business Unit
From July 1, 2007, Cognis' Process Chemicals strategic business unit will trade as an independent company under the new name of Pulcra Chemicals GmbH ... Full story >>
KODA Serves Customers Via Three Regional Distributors
KODA Distribution Group, Lexington, MA, delivers service to its partner chemical suppliers via three well-known and distinct regional companies ... Full story >> |
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Dianal America Increases Prices
In response to continued upward pressure on raw material and other costs, Dianal America, Inc., Pasadena, TX, will increase prices of acrylic bead resins by 8 cents/pound effective August 1, 2007, or as contracts allow.
Air Products Increases Price for Acrylic Emulsion Products
Effective July 16, 2007, Air Products Polymers, L.P., Allentown, PA, will implement a four-cent ($0.04) per wet pound price increase for acrylic-based polymers marketed by the company in the United States and Canada. This includes products under the Flexcryl®, Airflex® and Flexbond® trademarks. The increase is driven by increased feedstock, raw material and energy costs associated with the manufacture and distribution of these products.
BASF Raises Price for Acrylic and Styrene-Acrylic Latex
Effective July 16, 2007, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices by $0.04 per wet pound in the United States and Canada on all Acronal Optive® all-acrylic and Acronal® styrene-acrylic latex products used in the adhesives and fiber bonding, architectural coatings and construction markets. This action is a result of increased raw material, feedstock, freight and energy costs.
Southern Clay Products Increases Prices
Effective August 1, 2007, Southern Clay Products, Inc., Gonzales, TX, will increase the price of all Claytone and Tixogel organoclay additives up to 7 percent. This action is being taken to help offset the historically unprecedented increase in raw materials, specifically bleached fancy tallow (BFT), a key intermediate in the production of organoclays. The increase impacts all geographic regions and market segments.
See other recent price adjustments at www.pcimag.com by clicking on Supplier Price Alerts. |
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Hegedus Honored by Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology
 The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has awarded Dr. Charles R. Hegedus (right), Materials Scientist, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., the George Baugh Heckel Award ...
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RadTech to Release Study
MD-Work is nearing completion on a RadTech study examining opportunities for ultraviolet and/or electron beam (UV/EB) technologies in rapidly emerging printed electronics applications ... Full story >> |
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FSCT Offers REACH Training
To help companies prepare for the impact of REACH legislation, the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has developed a technical session to be offered during ICE 2007. Scheduled for Thursday, October 4, at the Toronto Convention Center, the one-day program will encompass presentations from all areas of the industry and will provide information for raw material suppliers, formulators and downstream users ...
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Energy Codes Addressed in ACC’s 2007 Polyurethane Professional Development Program
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), formerly Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry, will offer multiple training courses as part of its 2007 Professional Development Program (PDP), scheduled for September 23-26 in Orlando, FL, in conjunction with its Polyurethanes 2007 Technical Conference ...
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