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Top Industry News                                  April 7, 2008 Issue

Study Examines Additives Consumption in Asia
Consumption in Asia of seven leading coatings additives was 655 million lbs., worth $1.5 billion, according to the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney. This compares to U.S. consumption of $800 million ...  More 

Acquisition Action Report

IMin Purchases Kaolin Business From J.M. Huber
IMin Partners has purchased the kaolin business of Huber Engineered Materials and renamed the company KaMin LLC ... More 

Akzo Nobel Completes Sale to Henkel
Akzo Nobel N.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has completed the sale of its Adhesives and Electronic Materials businesses, part of the former ICI's National Starch business, to Henkel KGaA ... More

Rohm and Haas Completes Acquisition of Polymer Dispersions Division of OY Forcit AB
Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, has completed the acquisition of FINNDISP, the polymer dispersions division of OY Forcit AB ... More

Kikuchi Color & Chemicals Sells Dominion Colour to Management Buyout Team
Kikuchi Color & Chemicals Corp. (KCC) has announced the sale of its subsidiary, Dominion Colour Corp. (DCC), to a management buyout team of DCC ... More

ACCESSA Coatings Solutions Acquires Louisville Industrial Coatings
ACCESSA Coatings Solutions, Indianapolis, has acquired Louisville Industrial Coatings of Louisville, KY ... More

APS Meg-A-Pak: Two-Component Mixing Packages 

Business Barometer 

H.B. Fuller Announces First-Quarter Results
H.B. Fuller Co., St. Paul, MN, has reported financial results for the first quarter that ended March 1, 2008 ... More

The People File

Fusion UV Hires Bill Tongen
Fusion UV Systems Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, has announced the appointment of Bill Tongen as a Key Account Manager ... More 

American Coatings Show 2008: To the Next Level 

Company Portfolio

Schlenk Metallic Pigments Opens Aluminum Facility in China
After a three-year startup period, the Schlenk Group has begun operation of a production site for aluminum pigments in Taixing, China ... More 

GTI Graphic Technology Inc. Gets a Colorful Rebrand
GTI Graphic Technology Inc., a company that designs and manufactures critical color viewing and inspection systems, has unveiled a new brand ... More

H.B. Fuller to Establish Technology Center in Asia
H.B. Fuller Co., St. Paul, MN, has announced that it will establish a regional lab in Shanghai ... More 

Eastman Sells PET, PTA Assets in Europe
The Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN, has completed the sale of its European PET and PTA assets to Indorama ... More 

BASF to Increase Stake in hte
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and hte have reached an agreement for BASF to increase its stake in Heidelberg-based hte Aktiengesellschaft from 12.7 percent to 75 percent plus one share ... More

Cytec Industries Expands Website
Cytec Industries Inc., West Paterson, NJ, has launched new Web pages related to its activity in the paint and coatings and graphic arts and inks industries on
www.cytec.com ... More

BASF Announces Turnaround for Diols and Derivatives Production Units
BASF has announced that it will shut down its diols and derivatives production units, located in Geismar, LA, for approximately six weeks ... More

Supplier Price Watch

OMNOVA Solutions Announces Surcharge for Specialty Chemicals Containing Butadiene
OMNOVA Solutions' Specialty Chemicals business has announced a surcharge on styrene butadiene-based polymers ... More

 

BASF Announces Price Increases on Resins and Polyetheramines in North America
BASF has announced that it will increase resin prices an average of six to eight percent across all market segments effective May 1, 2008, or as contracts allow ... More 

 

Dow Biocides Announces Cancellation of All Off-List Prices for Glutaraldehyde
Dow Biocides, a business group of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow), has announced the cancellation of all off-list prices for all glutaraldehyde products and grades, effective April 1, 2008, or as contracts allow ... More 

 

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Meetings, Courses & Other Events 

Leo Procopio and Kurt Davidson to Lecture at Philadelphia Society Symposium
Leo Procopio of Rohm and Haas and Kurt Davidson of Ciba Specialty Chemical will lecture as part of the Philadelphia Society's symposium, Green Chemistry and its Effect on Waterborne Industrial and Architectural Coatings ... More

University of Minnesota Offers Short Course
The University of Minnesota is offering a Coating Process Fundamentals short course on June 3-5, 2008 ... More 

ASTM Offers Workshop on VOC and Hazardous Air Pollutants
The ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications will present a technical seminar, New Solvents and Formulating Techniques for Low-VOC and HAP Paints, on June 15, 2008 ... More

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