Specialty chemicals group Clariant, Muttenz, Switzerland, has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 40 percent share of a joint venture between the holding company Alvigo AS, based in Tallin, Estonia, and Süd-Chemie AG, which had been previously acquired by Clariant AG.
Laboratory instrument manufacturer SEAL Analytical has announced the appointment of Ordior Oy as exclusive distributor in Finland for the company’s range of market-leading automated discrete and segmented flow analyzers.
Siltech Corp., Toronto, Canada, has hired Dr. David Wilson (UK and northern Europe) and Mr. Joel Valencony (southwestern Europe) as Regional Sales Managers for its new sales and marketing division in Europe.
ICA, a leading industrial group in Europe specializing in the manufacture and marketing of special coatings for wood, has established a new Italian Coatings division.
Exova, a dedicated testing group, has been recognized for the quality of its work by being named on the UK Ministry of Defence’s Framework Agreement for Technical Support (FATS).
Specialty chemicals company Perstorp and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC), a global Japanese chemical corporation, have signed a distribution agreement for MGC’s new co-polyester and its key raw material.
Perstorp announced that it has strengthened sales and development agreements with selected distributors in the DACH (Deutschland, Austria and Switzerland) region.