Fitz Chem Corp., distributor and sales agent of raw materials to the coatings, plastics, ink, construction, adhesive and personal care industries, announced that Rio Tinto Minerals (RTM) has expanded Fitz Chem’s territory.
DSM Functional Coatings B.V., part of Royal DSM N.V., and Berliner Glas KGaA, a European supplier of refined technical glass, have agreed to the terms of a licensing deal for DSM’s anti-reflective coating system, KhepriCoat™.
WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, is expanding its international training and competence centers and is opening branches of the WACKER ACADEMY in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as well as in Singapore.
Despite the tough economic climate, Quest Specialty Chemicals (QSC), owned by Frederick Quinn and his partner, Gerry Loftus, is looking for its next threshold in revenues in the area of $200 million.
Herman Benecke, a scientist for Battelle, has been chosen to receive the 2010 Industrial Uses of Soybean Oil Award by the American Oil Chemists' Society.
AkzoNobel has renamed the ICI India business. It is now officially known as Akzo Nobel India Limited. ICI India, a separate listed company on the stock market, is one of the country's leading decorative paints businesses. The change marks another step in the integration activities following AkzoNobel’s acquisition of ICI.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the world’s leading professional society serving the manufacturing industry, is issuing its annual call for nominations for the 2011 International Honor Awards, the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and the Award of Merit.