In order to meet the increased demand and to further improve its service to packaging converters and commercial printers Flint Group is expanding its manufacturing site for liquid packaging and sheetfed inks at Konstantynow Lodzki in Poland.
Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Italian solvent-borne alkyd and polyester coating resins business to an affiliate of Tenax Group, an Italian-based company that produces similar products.
Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, has opened a new plant for the production of wet polyesters and other specialty resins in Meppen, Germany.
Clariant has expanded its North American distribution network for biocides and preservatives used in the paint, coatings and construction chemicals markets by adding Dowd and Guild Inc., San Ramon, CA.
Royal DSM N.V., Heerlen, the Netherlands, and Novomer Inc., Waltham, MA, have signed an agreement to jointly develop a coating resin using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a raw material.
RPM International Inc. has acquired the Universal Sealants Limited group of companies, a United Kingdom-based supplier of coatings and construction products and services for bridges and large infrastructure projects.
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics and sunscreen to paint and vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, according to a comprehensive study conducted by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study appears in the journal Cancer Research.
As of Jan. 1, 2010, the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG) requirements for marine pollutant markings will be mandatory for all applicable shipments. The DOT requirements for the use of the new marking were in effect as of Jan. 14, 2010. Labelmaster, Chicago, IL, currently carries the revised marine pollutant marking and has on-staff experts for any questions regarding the new classification regulations.
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