BASF Coatings has signed a contract to acquire the coil coatings business of Rhenania Coatings GmbH, Grevenbroich, Germany, from ALTANA Chemie AG, Wesel, Germany, the chemicals division of ALTANA AG.
Global specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Company is expanding its operations in the Asia/Pacific region with the formation of the Sartomer Asia division and the appointment of the new division's general manager.
Rockwood Holdings, Inc., has reached an agreement to acquire the rheological additives and carbonless developers businesses of Süd-Chemie AG, Munich, Germany.
DuPont Automotive Systems opened a $10-million laboratory in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, to facilitate technical services and approvals for automotive coatings used by Japanese auto manufacturers worldwide, and to support their home-country assembly operations.
Advanced Materials, Silicones acquired a group of high-quality silylated polyurethane resins from Witton Chemicals Ltd., a U.K.-based company, to complement the launch of GE's third generation of SPUR+ prepolymers
A call for papers has been issued for the 9th International Coatings for Plastics Symposium, June 5-7, 2006, at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy, Mich.
Solutia Inc. has appointed Dowd & Guild, Inc., as its newly authorized distributor for Butvar® polyvinyl butyral resins and waterborne dispersions in California, Nevada and Arizona.
Information Research (IRL) has published a report for the coatings resins sector that examines the market for all of the major types of emulsions and coating resins, including those for water-based, powder and radiation-cured coatings.
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