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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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U.S. Paint and Coatings Industry Grows in 2006
According to a study by the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, Caldwell, NJ, the U.S. paint and coatings industry sold 9.5 billion dry pounds of product valued at $23.8 billion in 2006 ... Full story >>
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ICI to Buy Dulux from AECI of South Africa
ICI, London, has reached an agreement to buy the Dulux business from South African corporation AECI for EUR 52 million in cash ...
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Akzo Nobel Reports Second Quarter Earnings
Akzo Nobel, Arnhem, the Netherlands, has reported a 24% improvement in EBITDA for the second quarter to EUR 367 million.Autonomous growth of 4% contributed to revenues totaling EUR 2.7 billion, with net income of Coatings and Chemicals before incidentals up 34% to EUR 166 million ...
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Second Quarter Sales Increase for Rohm and Haas
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, reported second quarter 2007 sales of $2,190 million, a 5% increase over the same period in 2006. This increase reflects good sales performance in the Specialty Materials Group as well as continued year-on-year and sequential sales growth in Electronic Materials ...
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 Freeman Technology Adds Applications Specialist
Dr. Ludwig Schneider (right), who joined Freeman Technology in December 2006, has assumed a new role as an Applications Specialist, with a focus on supporting customers in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France ...
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David Harvey Joins Bio-Reaction Industries Board
Bio-Reaction Industries, LLC, has added David Harvey to its Board of Directors. Harvey has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental performance and sustainable development, with expertise in environmental management, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, risk management and public policy ...
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OBITUARY
25-Year Veteran of the Coatings Industry Passes Away
Lane Scott Lighthart, who worked for many years in the paint and coatings industry, most recently for Cytec Industries, passed away on July 20, 2007 in Galena, IL, following a courageous six-month battle with cancer ...
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Dow Increases Cellulosics Capacity
Dow Wolff Cellulosics, a newly formed specialty business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has announced new capacity and capabilities in its Methylhydroxyethylcellulose (MHEC) production and expansions in production of METHOCEL™ ...
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Akzo Nobel to Delist From NASDAQ
Akzo Nobel announced that it will apply for deregistration and termination of its reporting obligations under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and delisting of its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) from the NASDAQ stock exchange ... Full story >>
Rohm and Haas Powder Coatings Adds New Distributor/Renovates Supply Chain
Rohm and Haas Powder Coatings, a business of the Rohm and Haas Group, has appointed Cetelon GmbH as a new distributor for its powder coatings in Germany ... Full story >>
International Paint Expands Global R&D to the U.S.
International Paint LLC, an Akzo Nobel company, has launched the first phase of expansion of its worldwide research and development team based in Newcastle, UK, to the company’s U.S. operations in Houston ... Full story >>
Troy Receives Regulatory Support From Syngenta
In December 2006, Troy Corporation, Florham Park, NJ, announced a long-term agreement with Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basel, Switzerland, to provide BPD supported terbutryn to the EU market. This agreement is now fully accepted by EU regulators ...
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Pilot Chemical Launches New Website
Pilot Chemical Company, Cincinnati, OH, has recently unveiled a redesigned website that provides expanded information on its products, chemistries, capabilities, management and applications ... Full story >> |
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Dow Announces Price Increase for Vinyl Acetate Monomer in All Regions
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, announced that, effective immediately or as otherwise allowed by individual contract terms, it will increase list and off-list selling prices for vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) in North America by U.S. $0.18 per pound. In addition, Dow will increase prices in Latin America, India/Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific by U.S. $400 per metric ton and in Europe by EUR 300 per metric ton.
“Currently, the VAM industry is experiencing extremely tight global supply, high demand and continually rising raw material and freight costs,” said Antulio Borneo, global business director, Vinyl Acetate Monomer. “These conditions have made it necessary for Dow to increase its prices to continue to reliably serve its VAM customers, manage high current demand and recover escalating costs.”
See other recent price adjustments at www.pcimag.com by clicking on Supplier Price Alerts. |
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RadTech Offers Internet-Based Printer’s Guide
RadTech, the Association for UV and EB curing technology based in Chevy Chase, MD, has launched an internet-based Printer's Guide for UV and EB Technology.
The guide contains articles on inks, rollers, blankets, curing equipment, radiometry, press set up and best practices. In addition, an on-line environmental, health and safety video provides an overview of the safe use and handling of UV/EB products and processes. The guide can be found at
www.radtech.org/print. |
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Thomson Scientific Offers Patent Webinars
Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia, is offering a free webinar series on patent information. The first webinar, “Using Patent Intelligence to Make Rational R&D Decisions for Strategic Advantage,” is offered July 26, 2007 at 9:00 am or 12:00 pm EDT. Presented by Susan Cullen, Ph.D., the session will last one hour. The next webinar in the series, “How to Find the Technology You Need to Reach Your Market Faster,” will be presented by Edmond White on Sept. 12, 2007.
To receive information about Thomson Scientific webinars, visit
www.scientific.thomson.com/forms/2007patentwebinars.
Philadelphia Society Sponsors Leo Procopio Lecture and Green Chemistry Symposium
Leo Procopio of Rohm and Haas and a member of the Philadelphia Society will present a paper on Oct. 11, 2007 at The Williamson Restaurant in Horsham, PA.
Titled New Developments in Waterborne Acrylic Resins for Low VOC Industrial Maintenance Coatings, the paper addresses environmental regulations that continue to place pressure on both the manufacturers and end-users of architectural and industrial coatings, in particular those requiring the use of lower-VOC coating systems ...
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ICNT and Clean Tech Congress 2007 to be Held in San Francisco
The 4th International Congress of Nanotechnology 2007 (ICNT2007) and the 1st Clean Tech World Congress 2007 will be held on Nov. 5-8, 2007 in San Francisco. A faculty of distinguished speakers and experts from around the world will address state-of-the-art scientific developments, as well as business and investment opportunities in the emerging field of Nanotechnology and Clean Tech.
For further information, visit
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