Perstorp and PTT Global Chemical announced plans to launch a joint venture dedicated to the manufacture and sale of aromatic (TDI) and aliphatic (IPDI, HDI and derivates) isocyanates serving the polyurethane industry.
Arch Chemicals Inc. has reached an agreement in which Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. Ltd. of Japan has licensed Arch under certain patents in the United States, Europe, Japan and China covering an advanced method of manufacturing 1, 2 benzisothiazolin 3-one.
Eiger Machinery's name has changed to Engineered Mills, Inc. (EMI), as it expands its line of equipment for wet milling, fine grinding and dispersing of liquid and paste products.