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Top Industry News                                June 23, 2008 Issue

CTA Petitions for More Nanomaterials Regulation
The International Center for Technology Assessment (CTA) and a coalition of consumer, health and environmental groups have filed a legal petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding the agency use its pesticide regulation authority to stop the sale of numerous consumer products now using nanosized versions of silver ... More 

Fritz Walker to Deliver Mattiello Memorial Lecture
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has announced that FSCT Past-President, Frederick ("Fritz") H. Walker, will present the 2008 Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture ... More 

New Industrial Consortium Invites Membership
DOMINO, a new industrial consortium launched in October 2007 and led by BHR Group, is inviting interested companies to join ... More 

Acquisition Action Report

AkzoNobel Sells Canadian Paint Brands
AkzoNobel has agreed to sell its Para^® and Crown Diamond^® decorative paint brands in Canada to General Paint Corp ... More 

Michelman Acquires Hydrosize® Technologies
Michelman has announced the acquisition of Hydrosize^® Technologies Inc ... More  

Business Barometer 

AkzoNobel Updates Share Buyback Program
AkzoNobel has announced that, in line with the launch of its EUR 1 billion share buyback program on March 17, 2008, the company has repurchased 1,603,140 ordinary shares in the period from June 9 to June 13, 2008 ... More 

The People File

RBP Chemical Technology Appoints Daniel Romani
RBP Chemical Technology has named Daniel Romani as Director of Sales and Marketing for the printing market ... More 

Susan C. Ostrowski Joins Troy Corp.
Susan C. Ostrowski has joined Troy Corp. as Director of Biocide Products Marketing USA ... More

Tronox Provides Update on Tiwest Operations
Tronox Inc. has confirmed that the Tiwest Joint Venture operations in western Australia are still producing following the June 3, 2008, fire and subsequent shutdown of Apache's Varanus Island natural gas processing facility ... More 

Rohm and Haas Announces Actions for Profitability
Rohm and Haas Co. has announced a comprehensive set of actions to restore profitability ... More 

Ecology Coatings Enters into Research Agreement with WMU
Ecology Coatings, Inc. has entered into a research agreement with the Department of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging at Western Michigan University (WMU) ... More 

Evonik Expands Capacity in Turkey
The Chemicals Business Area of Germany-based Evonik Industries AG has expanded the silica capacity of its joint venture, Egesil AS, in Adapazari, near Izmit, Turkey ... More 

Troy Announces Global Price Increase for Preservatives and Additives
Troy Corp. has announced a global price increase of up to 20 percent for all products ... More

Perstorp Raises Prices
Effective July 1, 2008, or as existing contracts permit, Perstorp will increase the price for pentaerythritol, trimethylolpropane, neopentyl glycol, ProPhorce AC 200 and Calcium Formate ... More 

Huber Increases Price for Alumina Trihydrate
Huber Engineered Materials, part of J.M. Huber Corp., has announced a price increase for its alumina trihydrate (ATH) grades ... More 

Pilot Chemical Announces Price Increases
Pilot Chemical Co. has announced list and off-list price increases and TVAs on full product offerings effective July 1, 2008, or as contracts allow ... More 

See other recent price adjustments at www.pcimag.com by clicking on Supplier Price Alerts.

Five Individuals Receive NPCA Industry Statesmen Awards
During the National Paint & Coatings Association's (NPCA) Chairman's Dinner in Charlotte, NC, Kent Child, Jerry Jones, H.H. (Larry) Larison, Stephen Lustig and George Patterson received Industry Statesmen Awards ... More 

Missouri S&T Offers Coatings Courses
The Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is offering "Introduction to Coatings Composition and Specifications" July 23-25, 2008, in Rolla, MO ... More 

Global Polyurethanes Conference Offers Three CASE Sessions
The Polyurethanes 2008 Technical Conference, sponsored by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council, will be held Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, 2008, at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, TX ... More