AkzoNobel plans to reinforce its Specialty Chemicals portfolio by acquiring businesses in Europe and Asia. The company has signed two agreements that will strengthen both its paper and polymer chemicals activities.
Ecology Coatings, Inc. has applied for a $2 million, fiscal-year 2009 Department of Defense (DOD) appropriation to conduct lifecycle testing on tactical vehicles at various locations and in varied weather conditions across the United States.
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has promoted Howard Wright to General Manager, Global Coil and Extrusion Products (COEX) and John Shaffer to Business Director, COEX Americas.
Dyneon LLC, a 3M company headquartered in Oakdale, MN, has acquired the business of Hitech Polymers Inc., a manufacturer of specialty thermoplastic polymers and provider of toll thermoplastic compounding services based in Hebron, KY.
RBP Chemical Technology, Milwaukee, WI, has named Rajesh Parekh as Commercial Manager at RBP Technology (India) Pvt., Ltd., the company’s chemical blending facility near Mumbai, India.
Eliokem, a global specialty chemical company that is majority-owned by AXA Private Equity, has completed the acquisition of the Polymer division from Apar Industries Ltd., India, for $28 million.
HOCKMEYER Equipment has entered into an agreement with Highlander Trading and Fortune International Technology to represent HOCKMEYER Equipment in an expanded territory for the sale of its equipment.