Cray Valley Resins, a business that is now part of Arkema Coating Resins, was awarded the Ringier Technology Innovation prize for its Synaqua® 4804 alkyd emulsion in China in June.
Color-Logic, developer of the Process Metallic Color System™, was named one of seven companies honored for new product innovation at Labelexpo Europe 2011.
CeralUSA LLC, manufacturer of environmentally friendly coatings, and Liburdi Engineering Limited, a provider of specialized technologies, systems and repair services to industry, have formed a strategic alliance focused on making Liburdi’s chrome-free Aluminum Silicon Sermaloy J alternative available to the coatings industry.
Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., recently began construction on a new nonionic synthetic thickener manufacturing facility in Alizay, France.
The Dow Chemical Co. and the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) are planning a joint venture, Sadara Chemical Co., to build and operate a world-scale, fully integrated chemicals complex in Jubail Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
AkzoNobel has announced its intention to acquire coatings manufacturer Schramm Holding AG and the coatings activities operated by Schramm’s largest shareholder, Korean company SSCP.
Lonza Group Ltd. and Arch Chemicals Inc. have signed an agreement in which Lonza will buy 100 percent of Arch Chemicals’ outstanding shares of common stock.
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