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Top Industry News            February 8, 2009 Issue

Proposed ASTM Standard Provides for Use of X-Ray Spectrometry in Testing for Lead Content
To aid the toy and consumer products industries in using X-ray spectrometry for lead detection and meet the requirements of CPSIA, ASTM International Committee F40 on Declarable Substances is currently developing a proposed new standard ... More

The People File

New Chief Financial Officer For CPS Color Group Oy
Tapio Engström has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of CPS Color Group Oy and a member of CPS Color Group's Management Team ... More

Rahu Appoints Greensmith to Non-Executive Director
The Board of Rahu, Nottingham, UK, has announced the appointment of its first Non-Executive Director, David Greensmith ... More

E.T. Horn Promotes Ahn and Anderson 
E.T. Horn Co. has announced the promotion of Bob Ahn to President of the Industrial Groups and Vince Anderson to Vice President of the Coatings and Building Materials Group ... More

Business Barometer

ALTANA Achieves 2008 Margin Target
The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA AG achieved sales of EUR 1,342 million in the business year 2008, which is about EUR 38 million, or 3 percent less, than the prior year of EUR 1,380 million ... More 

Company Portfolio

BASF Takes Steps to Optimize its Structures
BASF is taking steps to optimize its structures in order to sharpen the company's focus on its customer industries ... More

Vicinity Manufacturing™ Announces Bar Coding Integration
Vicinity Manufacturing™ has announced immediate integration with external data collection systems such as bar coding and warehouse management ... More

Federal Court Rules That DSM Desotech Lawsuit Can Proceed
U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow has ruled that a complaint filed in March of 2008 by photochemical resin supplier DSM Desotech against 3D Systems can proceed ... More

Shimadzu Products Offer Practical Approach to Conserving Acetonitrile
Faced with a worldwide shortage of acetonitrile, labs are seeking ways to reduce consumption of this common HPLC solvent ... More

3M Forms Renewable Energy Division; Names New Executives 
3M has announced the formation of its new Renewable Energy Division ... More

SOCMA Gives Sun Chemical Facility an Environmental Health and Safety Award
The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association has honored the Sun Chemical Performance Pigments manufacturing facility in Muskegon, MI ... More

Thermo Fisher Scientific and TTL Technologies Partner to Distribute Rheometers in India
Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed an agreement with TTL Technologies Pvt. Ltd., an instrumentation solutions company, to distribute Thermo Scientific rheometers and viscometers in India ... More

Nano News

Industrial Nanotech Cancels Order From China
Industrial Nanotech Inc. has cancelled an order for 12,000 gallons of its patented Nansulate^® nanotechology-based coatings from Golden Horse Real Estate Co. Ltd. in China ... More

GW Establishes New Institute for Nanotechnology
The George Washington University has announced the establishment of the GW Institute for Nanotechnology ... More