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CSB Releases Safety Video
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a safety video addressing the dangers of uncontrolled chemical reactions ...
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Dow Epoxy Completes Systems Acquisitions
Dow Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. and its affiliates (Dow), has completed the acquisitions of three epoxy systems formulators – UPPC AG in Germany, and GNS Technologies and POLY-CARB Inc. in the United States ...
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Colfax Corp. Announces Acquisition of Fairmount Automation
Colfax Corp. has completed the acquisition of Fairmount Automation Inc. (Fairmount), a manufacturer of proprietary programmable automation controllers headquartered in Newtown Square, PA ... More
Huron Capital Buys Specialty Chemical Company
Huron Capital Partners LLC, Detroit, MI, has announced that, through its portfolio company, Quest Specialty Chemicals Inc. (Quest), it has acquired Hydro-Stop Inc ... More |
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Cognis Reports Sales Results
In the first nine months of 2007, global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis increased its net external sales by 3.9 percent to EUR 2.655 billion ... More |
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Dow Appoints Kenneth Littel
Kenneth Littel was recently named Global Marketing Manager for Material Protection for Dow Biocides, a business group of The Dow Chemical Co. and its affiliates. In his new position, Littel is responsible for leading the marketing strategy, development and implementation of biocides for materials protection, including paint and coatings, building materials, emulsion polymers, inks, pigment slurries, adhesives, wood products and personal care products.
GMZ Inc. Welcomes Mike Heilman
GMZ has appointed Mike Heilman to the technical sales team as an Account Manager. Heilman brings 11 years of experience in the manufacturing of printing inks and coatings, research and development, and management and sales. He will represent GMZ predominately in Michigan and Northern Indiana. |
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Akzo Nobel Announces Proposed Management Changes as Part of ICI Acquisition
Akzo Nobel N.V. has announced a number of proposed changes to its Board of Management and Supervisory Board in advance of January's expected completion of the acquisition of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (ICI) ...
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Silberline CEO Leads Delegation to China
Lisa Jane Scheller, Chief Executive Officer, Silberline Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Tamaqua, PA, recently led a seven-member delegation of aluminum industry leaders to the 2007 China Aluminum Forum in Chengdu, China ... More
New Factory For DSM NeoResins+
DSM NeoResins+ has successfully completed the new water-based alkyd-manufacturing unit at its existing site located in Hoek van Holland, the Netherlands ... More
Akzo Nobel Awarded Major Shell Contract
Akzo Nobel has been selected to globally supply a full range of coatings products for application to Shell's worldwide retail network of service stations and business signage ... More
GMZ Inc. Receives Award From Specialty Minerals
Specialty Minerals has recognized GMZ Inc., Westchester, OH, with its 2007 Distributor of the Year award. The award recognizes outstanding sales growth and new product approvals. Dan Gruber, President of GMZ, accepted the award from Tim South of Specialty Minerals. GMZ looks forward to continuing noteworthy growth with Specialty Minerals in 2008.
PINNACLE Process Solutions to Represent Ideal Manufacturing
Ideal Manufacturing and Sales Corp., Madison, WI, and its Neupak Division have chosen PINNACLE Process Solutions to represent its filling and packaging equipment lines in the southern portion of the United States ... More
Songwon Forms Strategic Partnership With W. Zink GmbH
Songwon has announced its partnership with W. Zink GmbH of Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany ... More |
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BASF Increases Prices for Acrylic, Styrene-Acrylic Latex
Effective December 14, 2007, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices by U.S. $0.05 per wet pound in the United States and Canada on all Acronal Optive® all-acrylic latex and Acronal styrene-acrylic latex products used in the adhesives and fiber bonding, architectural coatings, and construction markets.
Dow Raises Epoxy Prices in North America
Dow Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. and its affiliates (Dow), has announced list and off-list price increases for its line of epoxy resins and curing agents in North America ... More
Reichhold Announces Price Increases
Reichhold has announced a general price increase for coatings products sold in North America or exported ... More
Pricing Change for CCP Coatings Resins
Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) will implement a $.05 to $.08 per pound increase in price for all alkyd, acrylic and polyester products. Pricing on acrylic emulsions for coatings applications will increase by $.03 per pound, and powder-coating resins will increase by $.08 per pound. All changes will be effective on orders shipped on or after January 1, 2008, or as contracts allow.
BASF Announces Price Increase For Resins and Kaolin
BASF has announced that it will increase resin prices an average of 10 percent in the industrial coatings market ... More
Dow Announces Price Increases
Effective January 1, 2008, The Dow Chemical Co. will increase the price for all of its Polyurethane Systems and Specialty Prepolymers products by U.S. $0.10 per pound in the United States and Canada. Customers interested in learning more about this price increase should contact their local Dow sales representative.
DSM Increases Prices for Polyester Powder Coating Resins in North America
DSM is raising prices for its Uralac™ polyester powder coating resin range sold in North America by $0.05/lb. These prices will be effective for all orders shipped on or after January 1, 2008, or as otherwise permitted by the terms and conditions of customer contracts.
Southern Clay Products Announces Price Increase
Effective January 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, Southern Clay Products Inc. (SCP) will increase the price of its Claytone® and Tixogel® organoclay additives and other rheological additives for solvent-based systems ... More
Huntsman to Increase JEFFAMINE® Amine Prices
Huntsman Corp. has announced that effective January 1, 2008, or as applicable contracts allow, its Performance Products division will increase list and off-list prices ... More |
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Topics for Pittcon 2008 Announced
The Pittsburgh Conference has announced the Invited Symposia topics offered at Pittcon 2008 ... More
PaintExpo Slated for March
PaintExpo is scheduled to take place March 11-14, 2008, at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany ... More |
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