Top Industry News                                 August 17, 2008 Issue

Ceresana Research Releases HDPE Market Study
Ceresana Research, Konstanz, Germany, has released a new study, "Change in the Global HDPE Market" ... More

Plasticolors Appoints New Sales Manager
Plasticolors, Inc., a manufacturer of custom colorant and chemical dispersions for the thermoset plastics and paint and coatings industries, has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Campbell as Thermoset Plastics Sales Manager ... More

CPS Color Group Oy Hires New Director
Harri Kämppä has been appointed Global Supply Chain Director of CPS Color and a member of CPS Color Group Oy's management team ... More  

Business Barometer

Valspar Reports Lower Third-Quarter Results
The Valspar Corp. has reported its results for the third quarter ended July 25, 2008 ... More 

PPG Opens Plant for Automotive Coatings in China
PPG Industries has celebrated the opening of its new automotive coatings plant in Wuhu, China ... More

Majemac Southeast to Distribute for Fuji Silysia Chemical
Fuji Silysia Chemical LTD. has appointed Majemac Southeast LLC. to be its distributor for the states of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia ... More

Malvern Instruments Forms Joint Venture in India
A joint venture between materials characterization company Malvern Instruments and Aimil, Malvern's long-term distribution partner in India, has resulted in the establishment of Malvern Aimil Instruments Pvt Ltd ... More 

MetoKote Opens Eighth Facility in Mexico
MetoKote Corp. has opened its newest facility in San Luis Potosí, Mexico ... More 

Reichhold Recognizes the E.W. Kaufmann Co.
At the recent American Coatings Conference, Reichhold honored E.W. Kaufmann for its sales efforts ... More 

LANXESS Taps Distributors to Sell Inorganic Pigments
LANXESS Corp.'s Inorganic Pigments Group (IPG) has reached an agreement with Dowd and Guild Inc. and J.F. Shelton Co. to sell the chemical company's BAYFERROX^® inorganic pigments ... More 

Dow Oxygenated Solvents to Raise Prices
The Dow Chemical Co. will raise prices in North America for products in the Oxygenated Solvents portfolio effective Sept. 1, 2008, or as contracts allow ... More 

OMNOVA Solutions Increases Specialty Chemicals Prices
OMNOVA Solutions' Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.05 per wet pound for acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsion polymers ... More

Tronox Increases Titanium Dioxide Prices in Asia Pacific
Tronox Inc. has announced that prices for all TRONOX^® titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in the Asia-Pacific region will increase by U.S. $200 per tonne, effective Sept. 1, 2008, or as contracts allow ... More 

Thomas Swan Announces Surcharge on Polyamides
Thomas Swan has implemented a surcharge, with immediate effect or as contracts permit, of GBP 0.10-0.15 per kilo on its range of Casamid polyamide resins, dependent on grade ... More 

INX Ink Price Boost Slated for September
Citing significant and continuing advances in raw material, energy and transportation costs, INX International Ink Co. has announced an increase in ink prices of 10-12 percent across all product lines, effective Sept. 1.

Association News 

NPCA and FSCT Join Annual Meetings, Host Conference
The National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA) and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) will hold their annual meetings concurrently and will offer a new CoatingsTech Conference April 26-29, 2009, at the Indianapolis Marriot Downtown ... More 

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