Articles Tagged with ''paint and coating resins''

The Lubrizol Corp.'s Performance Coatings business announced an expansion at one of its European Formulations & Applications Centers of Excellence in Blackley, UK.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, posted annual sales of €1.22 billion in Greater China in 2014, indicating an increase of 14 percent compared with that of the previous year (€1.07 billion in 2013).

The Lubrizol Corp.'s Performance Coatings business has completed a significant project to expand capacity and increase manufacturing efficiencies at its solvent acrylics production facility in Sant Cugat, Spain.

Kuraray Co. Ltd. has named Stephen L. Cox General Manager of the Polyvinyl Butryal Division (PVB) and Vice President of Kuraray Americas Inc.

The Coating Resins business of Arkema has expanded acrylic resin manufacturing capacity in Araçariguama, Brazil by 60 percent.

As a result of increasing raw material prices, DSM will increase the price for its Akulon^® and Novamid^® polyamide 6 polymers.

BASF will begin increasing the price for polyamide (PA) 6 polymer in North America. 

At the 2015 Coatings Tech Conference in Louisville, KY, the American Coatings Association (ACA) awarded the Roon Award to a team of researchers led by Dr. Wenjun Wu, Principle Scientist for Arkema Coating Resins.

The BASF site in Freeport, TX, hosted a grand opening ceremony for its first new plant to come online since 2007, adding a new product mix to the Freeport portfolio.

Sartomer, a business unit of Arkema Inc., announced that Stephen Edwards has been named Business Manager with responsibility for the adhesives and sealants, electronics, personal care, and advanced materials markets.