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Contact Us:
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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http://www.pcimag.com
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American Chemical Society Unveils New Green Chemistry Award; Calls for Nominations
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has established a new Award for Affordable Green Chemistry. Supported by an endowment from the Rohm and Haas Company, the award recognizes outstanding scientific discoveries that lay the foundation for environmentally friendly products or manufacturing processes at a cost comparable to or less than current technologies ... Full story >>
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Basell Acquires Lyondell Chemical Company
Basell, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands, and Lyondell Chemical Company, Houston, TX, have signed a definitive agreement in which Basell will acquire Lyondell’s outstanding common shares for $48 per share ... Full story >>
Hexion Wins Bid for Huntsman Corporation
Hexion Specialty Chemicals of Columbus, OH, an Apollo Management portfolio company, has acquired Huntsman Corporation of Salt Lake City, UT, outbidding Basell ... Full story >>
PPG Industries Makes Bid for SigmaKalon
PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, has announced an offer to purchase SigmaKalon Group, a worldwide coatings producer based in Uithoorn, the Netherlands, from global private investment firm Bain Capital ... Full story >>
International Protective Coatings Purchases Ceilcote Business
International Protective Coatings, part of the Akzo Nobel coatings group, has acquired the worldwide Ceilcote® business from the German-based KCH Group for close to EUR 12 million ... Full story >>
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Rohm and Hass to Repurchase $2 Billion in Common Stock; Reports Quarterly Dividend
The Board of Directors of Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, has authorized the repurchase of up to $2 billion of its common stock. The repurchase will be implemented in two stages ... Full story >>
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Akzo Nobel Announces Management Changes
Akzo Nobel, Arnhem, the Netherlands, has appointed Jo Lennartz to become the company's new Director of Technology ... Full story >> 
Mark Geeves to Spearhead Sales of MetalFX in the Americas
Mark Geeves has been named head of Ciba Color Services in the Americas for Ciba Color Services and Vice President—Americas at MetalFX, a Ciba Color Services subsidiary ... Full story >>
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Dow Chemical Teams With Chrystalsev to Produce Polyethylene from Sugar Cane
Dow Chemical Company, headquartered in Midland, MI, and Crystalsev, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture that will design and build a facility in Brazil to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane ... Full story >>
Rohm and Haas to Build Plant in Russia
Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, has announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in the Moscow region ... Full story >>
 BASF Breaks Ground for New Resins Plant
BASF has officially broken ground for its new resins plant in Wyandotte, MI. The plant is expected to be fully operational in the second half of 2009 ... Full story >>
Cytec Expands Production of Powder Coating Resins
Cytec Industries Inc., West Paterson, NJ, has announced plans to increase globally its production capacity of CRYLCOAT® powder coating resins ... Full story >>
Archway Sales Receives 3M Specialty Chemicals Award
Archway Sales Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, was presented with an award from 3M Specialty Chemicals for attaining outstanding sales growth during 2006 of specialty additives and chemicals from 3M Energy and Advanced Materials Division.
INVISTA Expands Capacity of DYTEKA A Manufacturing
INVISTA of Wichita, KS, has announced a five KT per year capacity expansion at its DYTEK® A (2-methylpentamethylenediamine) manufacturing facility in Maitland, Canada. The project is expected to be complete by year-end 2007 ... Full story >>
Deacom Selected as a Leading Supply Chain Software Provider
Deacom Inc., an ERP software provider located in Wayne, PA, has been chosen for this year’s Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 ... Full story >>
Global Communication Project Winners Announced in Lisbon
The awards ceremony for the fourth Global Communications Project – an international competition for public relations and communications students – was held in Lisbon, Portugal on June 29 ... Full story >>
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Degussa Increases Prices
The High Performance Polymers (HP) business unit of Degussa GmbH, Marl, Germany, has announced price increases for its VESTAMID®, VESTOSINT®, VESTAMELT®, TROGAMID® and VESTENAMER® product lines. Product prices will increase by 8% on average, depending on product type and region. Customers will be informed of specific price increases by their HP customer service representatives. The price increases will take effect from Sept. 1, 2007.
Prices of C8 and C12 monomers will increase by 18% at the same time. Prior commitments and existing contracts will be honored and are not affected by the price increases.
Nuplex Resins Increases Prices for Coating Resins
Nuplex Resins, Louisville, KY, has announced a price increase for all coating resins sold in North America, effective August 1, 2007. The increase will be approximately 4-9% and will affect all solventborne and waterborne products, including alkyds, acrylics, polyesters, emulsions and amino resins.
The increase is the result of continued cost increases for all major raw materials used in the manufacture of resins. Nuplex Resins continues to do everything possible to control costs during this time of raw material pricing escalation. Local Nuplex Sales Representatives will contact customers with more information.
See other recent price adjustments at www.pcimag.com by clicking on Supplier Price Alerts.
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NPCA to Sponsor American Coatings Show
The U.S. National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA), in cooperation with Vincentz Network (VN), will launch a new Science and Technology Initiative including a new American Coatings Show ... Full story >>
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Date Change for High Performance Pigments 2007
IntertechPira has announced the new dates for High Performance Pigments 2007. The conference is now scheduled for Nov. 12-14 at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel, Louisville, KY ... Click here for full details >>
Call for Papers and Date Change for Global Outlook for Carbon Fiber 2007
The 10th annual international conference, Global Outlook for Carbon Fiber 2007, sponsored by IntertechPira, will be held Oct. 23-25, 2007 at the Hilton San Diego Resort Hotel in San Diego ... Click here for full details >>
IntertechPira Hosts Functional Fillers Conference
IntertechPira has announced its 15th international business conference, Functional Fillers, held Sept. 24-26, 2007 at the Marriot Charleston, in Charleston, SC ... Click here for full details >>
IntertechPira Sponsors Thermoplastics Conference
New Developments in the Stabilization of Thermoplastics, a new conference announced by IntertechPira, will be held Oct. 22-23, 2007, in Atlanta, GA, at theDoubleTree Atlanta-Galleria Hotel ... Click here for full details >>
American Society of Safety Engineers Sponsors Webinar
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), headquartered in Des Plaines, IL, will host a technical webinar titled, Essential Knowledge of Environmental Regulations. Presented by Salvatore Caccavale, CHMM, CPEA, the seminar will take place Aug. 15, 2007, from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CST ... Click here for full details >>
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