DuPont Titanium Technologies, part of DuPont's Performance Chemicals segment, announced that it remains on track to complete the planned expansion of its existing high-efficiency, low-cost titanium dioxide (TiO2) facility in Altamira, Mexico, in 2015.
For more than 130 years, Moran Towing Corp.’s fleet of tugboats had been recognized for the signature white “M” painted on their stacks. This October, company President Ted Tregurtha and a donation of PITT-TECH® Plus marine paint from PPG Industries distributor Armorica Sales collaborated to adorn the well-known industry emblem in pink on 100 tugboats to promote breast cancer awareness.
Green Biologics Ltd. (GBL), a UK-based industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, was named to the 40 Hottest Smaller Companies in the Advanced Bio-Economy list (#6) and to the 30 Hottest Companies in Bio-based Chemicals and Materials list (#28).
HMG Paints Ltd, based in Manchester, England, has chosen to commemorate Remembrance Day by painting an eye-catching poppy on a 25-foot battleship sculpture positioned on site.
Dow’s Dr. Jaime Curtis-Fisk, Dr. Melinda Keefe and Dr. Beth Lorsbach are among the 10 women honored with the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) of the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) 2015 Rising Star Award.
Chemical distributor Univar Inc. has acquired D'Altomare Quimica Ltda., a Brazilian distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients, through Univar Brasil Ltda.
BYK Additives & Instruments has concluded an exclusive agreement with the Spanish technology research center ITENE of Valencia on the production and marketing of new clay-based additives for the packaging industry.
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