Plasticolors, Inc., a manufacturer of custom colorant and chemical dispersions for the thermoset plastics and paint and coatings industries, has appointed Elizabeth Campbell as Thermoset Plastics Business Director.
Dow Coating Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. dedicated to innovation in the paint and coatings industry, presented a paper entitled “Next-Generation Surfactants for Environmental Regulations in Architectural Applications” at the 19th Annual SLF Congress in Sandefjord, Norway.
AkzoNobel is realigning its Performance Coatings and Specialty Chemicals portfolios, a move that will see the launch of two new business units and the merger of two others.
Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) has introduced legislation targeted to help America combat the hidden destruction of critical energy industry infrastructure.
A one-day international technical meeting of the Filtration Society, Filter Media 4: Cost-Effective Solutions, is being held Nov. 19, 2009, in Chester, UK.
As a result of a major inter-laboratory study, the standards body ASTM International has been able to update its guidelines for a commonly used technique for measuring the size of nanoparticles in solutions.
Royal DSM N.V. has regained its number one position in the chemical industry sector in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. AkzoNobel placed second in the sector with a score of 87 percent, two percent behind DSM.
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