Top Industry News                                 September 7, 2008 Issue

Chemical Industry Ready as Storm Season Begins
With another hurricane season upon us, the chemical industry is prepared to build on the successful actions taken to weather previous hurricanes like Katrina and Rita ... More

Acquisition Action Report

Perstorp Completes Sixth Acquisition
Perstorp, the Swedish chemicals group, has received legal approval for the takeover of the acquired activities within Rhodia Organics and Lyondell Chimie ... More 

Univar Sells Specialized Packaging Business to EMCO
Univar has sold its Mozel packaging business and facility in Columbia, IL, to EMCO Chemical Distributors Inc ... More

H.B. Fuller Acquires Adhesives Business in Egypt
H.B. Fuller Co. has completed the acquisition of the majority assets of privately held Egymelt, a manufacturer and marketer of hot-melt and specialty water-based adhesives headquartered in Cairo, Egypt ... More

MetoKote Gets New Strategic Account Manager
MetoKote Corp. Inc. has hired Roger Cook as Strategic Account Manager representing MetoKote's Deere and Co. business ... More 

Acme-Hardesty Inc. Names New Sales Manager
Acme-Hardesty Co. has named Jeremy Day of Dallas, GA, as its Southeastern Regional Sales Manager ... More 

Mary Maul to be New Hydraulic Institute Director
The Hydraulic Institute has named Mary K. Maul as its new Director of Knowledge and Education ... More 

Business Barometer

AkzoNobel Reports Share Buyback Numbers
AkzoNobel has announced that, in line with the launch of its share buyback program on March 17, 2008, the company has repurchased 666,975 ordinary shares in the period August 25 until August 29, 2008 ... More

Troy Chemical Receives Environmental Award
The Troy Corp. manufacturing facility in Newark, NJ, has been awarded the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Stewardship Award ... More 

Dow Epoxy Receives EIA Approvals for Shanghai Plants
Dow Epoxy, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co., has reached a significant milestone in its plans to build a 100,000 MTPA liquid epoxy resin plant and a 150,000 MTPA glycerine-to-epichlorohydrin  plant at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park ... More

BASF Leads Sustainability Index
BASF has been recognized as the leading chemical company in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index ... More 

Rockwood Pigments Announces U.S. Agent Network
Rockwood Color Pigments & Services Division has announced a new distribution network in the United States and Canada for the full line of Rockwood Pigments products, including Elementis' pigments products ... More

Solvay Chemicals Unveils New Website
Solvay Chemicals Inc. has introduced a new SOLVAir Products website, www.solvair.us, designed specifically for use by the air pollution control industry ... More 

Accugenix Updates Bacterial Sequence Library
Accugenix, a genetic microbial identification and characterization service, has announced the addition of 283 new species to its extensive bacterial library, bringing the total number of unique bacterial DNA sequences on file to over 2400 ... More  

Supplier Price Alerts 

Solvay Chemicals Raises Hydrogen Peroxide Prices
Solvay Chemicals Inc. will increase off-list prices for all commodity grades of hydrogen peroxide effective Oct. 1, 2008, or as contracts permit ... More 

Tronox Announces North American TiO2 Price Increase
Tronox Inc., on behalf of its subsidiary companies, has announced a price increase for TRONOX^® titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in North America ... More

Evonik Goldschmidt to Increase Prices
Effective Oct. 1, 2008, Evonik Goldschmidt Corp.'s Industrial Specialties business line will increase list and off-list prices for products marketed in North America ... More

Association News 

Finalists for 2008 Polyurethane Innovation Awards Announced
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry of the American Chemistry Council has announced the eight finalists for the 2008 Polyurethane Innovation Awards ... More

Meetings, Courses and Other Events

Countdown Begins for European Coatings Show 2009
The European Coatings Show and European Coatings Congress 2009 is set to take place March 30 to April 2, 2009, at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany ... More 

SpecialChem Offers Coating Film Defects Course
SpecialChem is offering a two-part online course on coating film defects ... More 

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