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.
Roughly 400 exhibitors from 22 countries will be on hand when the doors open for the 4th PaintExpo, held April 17-20, 2012, at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre, Karlsruhe, Germany.
At a ceremony attended by guests from business and political arenas, Dr. Martina Flöel, spokesperson for the Executive Board of Oxea, laid the cornerstone for a new Oxea production plant, the Carboxylic Acid Plant 3.