Sun Chemical Performance Pigments has made an investment in Brazil and Latin America by expanding its dedicated regional sales and service team, local warehousing, and lab support for its pigment products dedicated to the coatings, cosmetics, inks, plastics and specialties markets.
H.B. Fuller Co., St. Paul, MN, has signed an agreement to purchase adhesives company Plexbond Quimica, S/A, a provider of chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins that operates a manufacturing facility in Curitiba, Brazil.
CVC Thermoset Specialties, an Emerald Performance Materials company, has appointed Kryll Advanced Importação e Exportação de Aditivos Ltda. as its distributor in Brazil for its full product line of specialty epoxy materials and reactive liquid polymer products.
A floating weed that clogs waterways around the world has at least one redeeming feature: it has inspired a high-tech waterproof coating intended for boats and submarines.
