BASF has received the Outstanding Suppliers Award for 2008 from Guild CPO, a global buying cooperative that focuses on the procurement of raw materials and services for the coatings industry and related industries.
Fitz Chem Corp. was honored by Cognis Corp. – Care Chemicals with the 2008 Silver Performance Award in appreciation of continued partnership and devotion to the success of the company.
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has announced the release of ANSI/HI Pump Standards Version 2.1 on CD-ROM. The new and comprehensive CD-ROM is comprised of the complete set of 28 ANSI/HI Standards, five of which have been extensively updated since the release of version 2.0 in 2005.
The Valspar Corp. has reported its results for the second quarter ended May 1, 2009. Second-quarter sales totaled $668.4 million, a 20.1 percent decline from the second quarter of 2008.
A global industry leader in biocides has emerged as two of the foremost biocide companies, Dow Biocides and Rohm and Haas Advanced Materials, have been combined.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the approval and availability of the newly revised American National Standard ANSI/ASSE Z490.1-2009 “Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health and Environmental Training.”
Cognis has opened an affiliate in Mumbai, India. The new affiliate, Cognis India, will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cognis Group and will operate under the name of Cognis Specialty Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.