RPM International Inc. announced that its Carboline Co. subsidiary acquired the remaining 51 percent interest in its Chinese joint venture, Carboline Dalian Paint Production Co. Ltd. (Carboline Dalian), bringing its total ownership to 100 percent.
H.B. Fuller is putting its acquisition of TONSAN Adhesive Inc.to work to fast-track engineering adhesives innovation in the automotive, electronics, solar, wind, MRO, appliance and heavy machinery markets.
GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market of surfactants in China is valued at over $6.1 billion (RMB 38.2 billion) at the end 2014 and $6.4 billion (RMB 40.2 billion) in 2015.
Successive international TiO2 magnates raised their product prices in Dec., 2015. The market intelligence firm expects that after a short time this will prevent the TiO2 price in China's market from falling and it's even possible that it will cause the price to rise in early 2016.
A recent trip to China gave a clearer understanding of the inorganic pigments market, how China is responding to its slowing economy and the environmental problems it faces, and strategies that suppliers are forming to take on these trends.
Orchid Orthopedic Solutions (Orchid), a leader in design and manufacturing for the orthopedic and medical device industry, has signed an agreement to acquire the Cam Bioceramics coating facility and operations in Suzhou (Cam China), a provider of hydroxylapatite (HA) plasma coatings in China.
