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Top Industry News            March 22, 2009 Issue

DuPont VP Projects Changes to Ti02 Industry 
New economic realities resulting from the global recession will permanently change the business landscape, a DuPont Vice President has told business leaders ... More

RadTech Issues Call for Papers
RadTech, The Association for UV & EB Technology, has announced the Call for Papers for the RadTech UV & EB Technology Expo & Conference 2010 ... More

The People File

R.E. Carroll Announces New Sales Representative
R.E. Carroll Inc. has announced the addition of Dave Weaver as Technical Sales Representative ... More

Almatis Appoints New CEO
The Supervisory Board of Almatis (DIC Almatis Equityco Coöperatief U.A.) has appointed Remco de Jong as the new Chief Executive Officer of Almatis ... More

Pilot Chemical Appoints New Board Member
Pilot Chemical Co. has appointed David Ligon to its Board of Directors ... More

Juliette Lim Joins E.T. Horn Co. 
E.T. Horn Co., a distributor, manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals and ingredients, recently hired Juliette Lim ... More 

Business Barometer

ALTANA Records Decline in Sales for 2008
The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA recorded a slight decline in sales and earnings for the business year 2008 ... More

Company Portfolio

International Paint Offers Enhanced Portfolio 
International Paint, an AkzoNobel company, is delivering a new standard of linings expertise to customers as a result of AkzoNobel's recent acquisition of the Florida-based Enviroline^® ... More

AkzoNobel Wins Contract for Rebranding Project
AkzoNobel's Car Refinishes business has been chosen to supply paint systems for the rebranding of Essent Network ... More

Plasticolors Expands Specialty Chemical Sales Territory
As of March 2, Plasticolors Inc. has expanded the sales territory for Specialty Chemical Sales ... More 

Evonik Announces New Warehousing Distributor Network
Evonik Degussa Corp. has announced a new warehousing distributor network ... More

MetoKote Corp. Celebrates 40 Years in Coatings Market
MetoKote Corp. is celebrating 40 years in the paint and coatings industry ... More

Dar-Tech Inc. Announces New Distribution Contracts
Dupont Titanium Technologies has appointed Dar-Tech Inc. as the Midwest Regional Distributor for its Ti-Pure^® Titanium Dioxide product line ... More

ERP Webinar Reports IT Cost Savings for Coatings Manufacturer
Jay Deakins, President of Deacom Inc., recently presented the webinar, "Break Free from IT: How Fully Integrated ERP Software Can Provide the Roadmap for IT Independence" ... More

Supplier Price Alerts

Dow Acrylates Announces Global Price Increase
The Dow Chemical Co. announced recently that it will increase the off-schedule price for glacial acrylic acid, butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate ... More

Nano News

RNT Adds New Representation in California
Reactive NanoTechnologies Inc., developer and manufacturer of NanoFoil^®, has reached agreements with two manufacturer's representative companies ... More

Meetings, Courses and Other Events

Cal Poly Offers Polymer and Coatings Short Course
The Polymers and Coatings program at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, will offer a Polymers and Coatings Introductory Short Course ... More